Health

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – 31 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed as of noon on Monday (Sept. 21), bringing Singapore’s total to 57,607. In a statement, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said that nine of the new cases were imported. Patients had received stay-at-home notices since arriving in Singapore. There were …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A self-administered robot has been developed in Singapore that automates the taking of COVID-19 smear tests, helping to reduce the risk of exposure to coronavirus for healthcare workers. Doctors from the Singapore National Cancer Center (NCCS) and Singapore General Hospital (SGH) have partnered with Biobot Surgical, a company …

[ad_1] TAIPEI: Taiwan said on Monday (September 21) that its armed forces have the right to self-defense and to counterattack amid “harassment and threats”, in an apparent warning to China, which last week sent numerous planes across the middle line of the sensitive Taiwan Strait. Tensions have soared in recent …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A semi-retired businessman who fatally stabbed his son-in-law in front of a lunchtime crowd three years ago was sentenced to eight and a half years in jail on Monday (September 21) in what Judge Dedar Singh Gill described it as “tragic”. case. Tan Nam Seng, 72, was …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: An elderly man who stabbed his son-in-law three times in broad daylight during a busy lunch hour and stood next to him as he died was sentenced to eight and a half years in jail on Monday (September 21). The judge said it was a “cruel and shameless …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Some 5,400 food service and food manufacturing jobs have been offered under the SGUnited Jobs and Skills Package since April, with approximately two out of five of these being for professionals, managers, executives and technicians (PMET ). Approximately 2,070 jobs are for PMETs, in roles such as …

[ad_1] PETALING JAYA (THE STAR / ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Malaysia had the highest reproduction number of Covid-19 (Rt) on September 15 among six other countries in the region, according to a UK-based disease modeling center. The Center for Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases on its website “Epiforecasts” estimated Malaysia’s …

[ad_1] PHILADELPHIA: White House hopeful Joe Biden on Sunday (September 20) called Donald Trump’s moves to fill a Supreme Court vacancy less than two months before the US presidential election as an “abuse of power “, as some members of the president’s own party also objected. The prospect of an …

[ad_1] KOTA KINABALU: Revianna Jamlius, a mother of two, has earned a living for the past 15 years working as a dive master at Sabah’s famous Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park. For the past few months, however, he has found himself cleaning dishes and cleaning tables at a cafe in …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Pharmaceutical firms are committed to a “science-first” approach to COVID-19 vaccine development even as pressure mounts amid a global race to end the pandemic, said a representative of an industry body in Singapore. Vaccine development is traditionally a complex task that can take up to 20 years, said …