Health

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – ASEAN countries and their key partners must deepen economic cooperation and maintain connectivity to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Thursday (November 12). He added that the conclusion of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement, which is expected to …

[ad_1] PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island: The governors of Oregon and New Mexico ordered near closures on Friday (Nov. 13) in the most aggressive response to date to the latest wave of record-breaking coronavirus infections in the U.S., even as they show many of their counterparts in other states. little appetite for …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States Secret Service, which protects President Donald Trump, President-elect Joe Biden and the White House, was affected by a Covid-19 outbreak, US media reported on Friday (November 13) . The Washington Post said that more than 130 Secret Service agents were infected by coronavirus …

[ad_1] By John Miller ZURICH (Reuters) – This week there has been a flurry of good news from the developers of the COVID-19 vaccine, with Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE announcing the first data indicating that their mRNA candidate is more than 90% effective. . A Russian project came out …

[ad_1] TAIPEI (BLOOMBERG) – Taiwan hopes to repeat a convention-breaking phone call with the incoming US president, defying warnings from China. The Taiwanese government is in talks about arranging a phone call between President Tsai Ing-wen and US President-elect Joe Biden, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu told lawmakers in Taipei on …

[ad_1] A bathroom inside an office building. (PHOTO: Getty Images) SINGAPORE – After hearing voices in a women’s bathroom, a man who worked at the Giant Hypermarket building in Tampines North entered the bathroom to film women relieving themselves. The man, Gabriel Lim Wei Hng, 28, was sentenced to seven …

[ad_1] TOKYO – Japan hit a new daily record for Covid-19 cases on Thursday (Nov 12), with at least 1,651 cases nationwide, according to a tally by broadcaster NHK. Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, who is in charge of Japan’s coronavirus response, warned of stricter measures if infections continue to rise, …

[ad_1] Doctor showing COVID-19 vaccine candidate. (PHOTO: Getty Images) SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Thursday (Nov 12) that it had appointed a 14-member committee on COVID-19 vaccination to make recommendations to the government on Singapore’s COVID-19 vaccination strategy. The recommendations of the committee, which was appointed …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Pokemon Go fans can visit up to 300 new Pokestops and Gyms at tourist establishments around the island starting Thursday (November 12). These new locations are the latest additions to the augmented reality game, following a partnership between the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and Niantic, the American …

[ad_1] JAKARTA: Indonesia said on Friday (November 13) that it had requested emergency authorization to start a mass vaccination campaign by the end of the year, as the country’s COVID-19 infections reached a new daily record. In an interview with Reuters, President Joko Widodo, commonly known as Jokowi, said that …