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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singapore could have a Covid-19 vaccine early next year. The first shipments of the vaccine jointly developed by Singapore researchers are expected in the first quarter. Arcturus Therapeutics, the US pharmaceutical company working with Duke-NUS scientists on the vaccine, said this on Monday (November 9), announcing positive …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: More than 40 percent of people in Singapore expect to travel less often even after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey by London-based Inmarsat Aviation. The survey, which surveyed 500 people in Singapore, found that 43 percent of those surveyed here said they expect to travel less …

[ad_1] TAIPEI / GENEVA (Reuters) – World Health Organization member countries on Monday rejected a U.S.-backed call for Taiwan to be allowed to attend a meeting of WHO’s decision-making body. Washington, which announced under outgoing President Donald Trump that it will resign from the WHO in part because of what …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singapore could have a Covid-19 vaccine early next year. The first shipments of the vaccine jointly developed by Singapore researchers are expected in the first quarter. Arcturus Therapeutics, the US pharmaceutical company working with Duke-NUS scientists on the vaccine, said this on Monday (November 9), announcing positive …

[ad_1] RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s health regulator said on Monday (November 10) that it had suspended clinical trials of a COVID-19 vaccine developed in China after an “adverse incident” involving a voluntary recipient, a blow to one of the most advanced candidate vaccines. The regulator, Anvisa, said in a statement …

[ad_1] GENEVA: The head of the World Health Organization on Monday (November 9) called on everyone to continue fighting COVID-19, warning that while we may be fed up with fighting the pandemic, the virus “is not tired of we”. Speaking to the WHO main annual meeting, which resumed on Monday …

[ad_1] WILMINGTON (AP) – US President-elect Joe Biden hailed news Monday that a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech was 90 percent effective as “hope” but warned of a long battle ahead. “I congratulate the brilliant women and men who helped produce this breakthrough and give us cause for …

[ad_1] LONDON: Many COVID-19 survivors are likely to be at increased risk of developing mental illness, psychiatrists said on Monday (Nov 9), after a large study found that 20 percent of those infected with the coronavirus are diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder within 90 days. Anxiety, depression and insomnia were …

[ad_1] NEW YORK (REUTERS) – Work to distribute the experimental Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE is in the works after companies announced successful interim data on Monday (Nov 9), but will not reach local pharmacies. for the general public in the short term. The data, which …

[ad_1] MOSCOW: Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 is more than 90 percent effective, a representative from the Ministry of Health said on Monday (Nov 9), citing data collected from vaccines from the public rather than an ongoing trial. . The comments followed a statement made Monday morning by vaccine …