Health

[ad_1] The Indonesian holiday island of Batam is preparing to welcome Singapore travelers again, after both countries formally agreed to resume cross-border travel for essential business and official purposes. Preparations are underway to install equipment to run polymerase chain reaction tests at the Batam Center ferry terminal, which has been …

[ad_1] PETALING JAYA (THE STAR / ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Malaysia reported 865 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours on Monday (October 19), slightly lower than Sunday’s record of 871. It was the third consecutive day of more than 800 infections recorded in a single day, and the …

[ad_1] NEW YORK (REUTERS) – Mario Buelna, a 28-year-old healthy father, caught a fever and began having trouble breathing in June. He soon tested positive for Covid-19. Weeks later, after what seemed like a recovery, he felt weak and began to vomit. At 3 a.m. on August 1, he passed …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A High Court judge on Monday (October 19) prohibited a couple facing COVID-19-related charges from leaving Singapore for China in the middle of their trial, overturning an earlier ruling by state courts. Chinese nationals Hu Jun, 39, and Shi Sha, 37, had claimed a trial for withholding …

[ad_1] The appearance of agents from the Emergency Response Team (ERT) armed with weapons certainly caused quite a stir in Bedok over the weekend. The reason for its deployment? A lonely man who went crazy and yelled at passersby. The 39-year-old man was arrested on Heartbeat @ Bedok on Saturday …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID) temporarily stopped enrolling Covid-19 patients for a monoclonal antibody trial after the US pharmaceutical company that developed the drug had to stop the trial last week due to concerns from security. Singapore is only the third country to participate in …

[ad_1] JAKARTA: The president of the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation, Joko Widodo, called on Monday (October 19) that Indonesia not rush the launch of vaccines, citing concerns over public awareness about whether they are halal. With more than 365,000 coronavirus cases and 12,000 deaths, Indonesia has struggled to control its …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A Chinese couple accused of withholding information from Covid-19 contact trackers will not be able to leave Singapore and then return to participate in their ongoing trial. On Monday (October 19), High Court Judge Vincent Hoong overturned a lower court decision that allowed the couple to leave …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Four new coronavirus cases were confirmed as of noon on Monday (October 19), bringing Singapore’s total to 57,915. All are imported cases, which were put on notice to stay at home upon arrival in Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said on Monday. There were no local …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A Chinese couple on trial for obstructing COVID-19 contact tracing efforts will be unable to return to China before the trial resumes in January, following a High Court review of a district judge’s decision that granted them permission to leave Singapore. Judge Vincent Hoong agreed on Monday (October …