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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – US Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite met with Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen on Friday (October 16) and reaffirmed the excellent and enduring bilateral defense relationship between the two countries, the ministry said. defense. At the meeting at the Ministry of Defense, the two leaders also …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has suspended the work pass privileges of two employers after they failed to arrange for their workers to undergo mandatory routine testing for COVID-19. Action was taken after employers failed to provide valid reasons or file an exemption request for their workers, according …

[ad_1] By Deena Beasley and Vishwadha Chander (Reuters) – Gilead Sciences Inc has disputed the findings of a World Health Organization (WHO) study that concluded that its COVID-19 drug, remdesivir, does not help patients who have been admitted to hospital. . The US company told Reuters the data appeared inconsistent, …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Nine new coronavirus cases were confirmed as of noon on Friday (October 16), bringing Singapore’s total to 57,901. They included a case in a worker’s bedroom here, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said. There were also eight imported cases that were included in stay-at-home notices upon arrival …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Nine new COVID-19 cases were reported in Singapore at noon on Friday (October 16), including eight imported infections. The remaining case was discovered in a dormitory of foreign workers. No new cases were reported in the community. Ad Ad The eight imported cases were placed on stay-at-home notices …

[ad_1] BEIJING: An experimental $ 60 double-dose COVID-19 vaccine is being made available to some residents in an eastern Chinese city, health officials said, the first details of a mass deployment of a yet untested vaccine. Jiaxing city officials said Thursday that residents between the ages of 18 and 59 …

[ad_1] OTTAWA: A senior Chinese diplomat warned Canada on Thursday (October 16) against granting asylum to Hong Kong protesters, adding that doing so could jeopardize the “health and safety” of Canadians living in the center. financial. The remarks by Cong Peiwu, envoy from Beijing to Ottawa, prompted a reprimand from …

[ad_1] BEIJING: One of China’s leading-edge coronavirus vaccine candidates was shown to be safe and triggered immune responses in a combined early- and mid-stage human trial, the researchers said. The potential vaccine, named BBIBP-CorV, is being developed by the Beijing Institute of Biological Products, a subsidiary of China National Biotec …

[ad_1] MIAMI / PHILADELPHIA: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Thursday (October 16) criticized what he called President Donald Trump’s “panic” response to the coronavirus pandemic, while Trump defended his handling of a crisis that has killed more than 216,000 Americans. The rivals spoke in simultaneous town halls broadcast on …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Health (MINSA) confirmed three new cases of COVID-19 in Singapore as of Thursday (October 15), bringing the country’s total cases to 57,892. All three new cases are asymptomatic and have been proactively detected, the ministry said. Of these, one resides in a dormitory of …