Health

[ad_1] SYDNEY: A nightly curfew in Australia’s second-largest city will be lifted from Monday (September 28), nearly two months after it was imposed in Melbourne to counter a growing coronavirus outbreak. Victoria State Prime Minister Daniel Andrews said Melbourne residents would be free to leave their homes at any time …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – On Friday (September 25) the Ministry of Health (MINSA) added three popular shopping centers, including one that was visited three times, to a list of public places visited by community cases while they were infectious. Ion Orchard was visited on September 18 from 1.55 pm to 4.05 …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Health (MINSA) confirmed 20 new cases in Singapore as of Saturday (September 26) afternoon, bringing the country’s total to 57,685. Of these, 14 cases reside in bedrooms. Seven had been previously identified as contacts from previous cases and had already been quarantined to prevent …

[ad_1] Popular Japanese actress Yuko Takeuchi died at the age of 40. According to Japanese news reports, her family found her unconscious at her Tokyo residence in the early hours of Sunday (September 27) and her death was confirmed at the hospital. The police suspect that suicide is the cause …

[ad_1] SYDNEY: The Australian state of Victoria, a hotspot in the country’s COVID-19 outbreak, said on Saturday (September 26) that social distancing restrictions will be eased earlier than previously announced as new infections per day remain near three-month lows. Victoria said 12 COVID-19 infections have been detected in the past …

[ad_1] More employees have been given the green light to return to their workplaces, but there are still many challenges facing companies and staff preparing to return to the office. These range from the need to reconfigure work areas to maintain safe distancing to the mental readjustment that workers have …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: Judge Amy Coney Barrett, who was nominated on Saturday (September 26) to the US Supreme Court, is a favorite of conservatives for her religious views, but naysayers warn her confirmation would move the highest country cut firmly to the right. A practicing Catholic and mother of seven children, …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said on Saturday (September 26) that COVID-19 has accelerated threats to the multilateral system and urged countries to work together to defeat the pandemic and build resilience in the face of future challenges. Protectionism and unilateral action will ultimately backfire and, by working together, …

[ad_1] NEW YORK: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised at the United Nations on Saturday (September 26) that his country’s vaccine production capacity would be available globally to combat the COVID-19 crisis. “As the world’s largest vaccine-producing country, I want to give one more assurance to the global community today,” …

[ad_1] TOKYO, Sept. 26 (AP): New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said he and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed in talks on Friday to work closely together by holding high-level meetings, including summits. But they did not discuss the possibility of Xi’s visit to Japan. “I told (Xi) that the …