Health

[ad_1] GENEVA / ZURICH – The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday (October 14) that healthy young people may have to wait until 2022 to get vaccinated against the Covid-19 virus, as it warned against complacency in the rate of mortality from disease. Despite the global push for a …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The Housing Board’s Future of Life (HDB) will see smart accessories giving homeowners the option to monitor their energy consumption and control smart appliances, and also directional signs with larger fonts and pictorial symbols. This is to ensure that smart and sustainable living keeps up with Singapore’s …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A new exhibit has been created to house some special feathered residents at Jurong Bird Park, Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS) said on Thursday (October 15). Located next to the Hawk Arena, the new aviary is home to the park’s pioneering generation of birds who have retired from …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The Workers’ Party (WP) proposal for a minimum wage could leave companies and workers worse off and also become a politicized issue, said Deputy Secretary-General of the National Trade Union Congress Koh Poh Koon , in Parliament on Thursday (October 15). The minimum wage issue has been in …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The Workers’ Party’s proposal for a universal minimum wage could leave workers and businesses in a worse situation, and the exercise to determine the wage level turns into a political auction, it said on Thursday (October 15) NTUC Deputy Secretary General Koh Poh Koon. He added that …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A nanny accused of poisoning two babies in her care was found guilty by the court on Thursday (October 15). When 39-year-old Sa’adiah Jamari cared for a five-month-old baby girl for two months in 2016, her mother discovered that the baby returned from these sessions unusually sleepy …

[ad_1] Indonesia has taken over the Philippines as Southeast Asia’s new pandemic hotspot on Thursday (October 15), as it struggles to contain rising Covid-19 infections and new cases reaching 4,000 cases a day. With 4,411 new cases in the past 24 hours, the count for the world’s fourth-most populous country …

[ad_1] JAKARTA: Indonesia reported 4,411 new coronavirus infections on Thursday (October 15), bringing its count to 349,160, surpassing the Philippines with the highest number of cases in Southeast Asia. Indonesia also reported 112 new deaths from COVID-19, with a total of 12,268 deaths. Ad Ad The Philippines had registered 348,698 …

[ad_1] BEIJING: Nearly 10 million people in the Chinese city of Qingdao have been tested for the coronavirus, authorities said on Thursday (October 15), as authorities rushed to quell an outbreak through an ambitious mass testing program. Vice Mayor Luan Xin said more than 9.9 million samples had been collected …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Residents of future public housing can expect more greenery, facilities to promote physical and social well-being, as well as smart infrastructure in their homes. This is part of the new Housing and Development Board (HDB) roadmap for designing cities over the next decade. Speaking at the launch of …