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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The use of two influenza vaccines may be resumed as they have been assessed to be safe, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) and the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) said in a joint press release on Saturday ( 31 October). This comes after a “comprehensive review” of information from …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR – A by-election in Sabah in December and state elections for Sarawak next year are inevitable events, unless an emergency is declared for the country, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said on Saturday (October 31). Amid concerns in Malaysia over holding elections during the current surge in Covid-19 …

[ad_1] (Reuters) – President Donald Trump, who said he knew best what afflicted the United States and often ruled by executive order, dismantled or disrupted multilateral pacts, overhauled the tax and immigration systems and, with the help of the Senate Republicans, reformed the judiciary. Trump’s actions can unravel in many …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Two flu vaccines, SKYCellflu Quadrivalent and VaxigripTetra, which had been suspended by authorities on October 25, can now be used again, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Saturday night (October 31). The Health Ministry had previously called for a temporary cessation of the use of the …

[ad_1] Singapore is at a crossroads. Community cases here are extremely low now, with only six in the last fortnight. This means that measures to contain the virus here are working and Singapore should be able to alleviate them significantly with little risk, experts told The Straits Times. Singapore may …

[ad_1] LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering imposing a new one-month national lockdown on England next week after scientists said the coronavirus was spreading faster than their worst predictions, a government official said. The pandemic is spreading across most of Britain, where the official death toll of 46,299 …

[ad_1] With the exception of a few high-profile signings (Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah come to mind), Jürgen Klopp has generally taken a cautious and slow approach to transitioning new players to his lineup. This has been especially true when those players were brought in to dig deep, rather …

[ad_1] MELBOURNE: Residents of Melbourne, Australia’s second-largest city, enjoyed their first weekend of relative freedom on Saturday (October 31) after a nearly four-month lockdown as the number of coronavirus cases continued decreasing. As Melburnians have flocked to parks, tennis courts, restaurants and shops, officials reported only one new case of …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The National University of Singapore (NUS) will lift zoning restrictions from December 6 following the low number of community cases of Covid-19 in recent weeks. Introduced in June, the measure is intended to minimize mixing on campus during the Covid-19 outbreak. In circulars sent to students on …

[ad_1] For the first time in months, nine migrant workers staying in a temporary dormitory in Bukit Batok had the opportunity to head to a nearby park and meet and mingle with local residents of the neighborhood. As part of a Welcome In My Backyard (Wimby) pilot initiative, the mixed …