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[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The United States distanced itself on Tuesday (February 9) from a theory propagated by former President Donald Trump that COVID-19 came from a Chinese laboratory and expressed support for the WHO researchers. A World Health Organization mission to China said on Tuesday it had been unable to find …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A 41-year-old Singapore Airlines (SIA) cabin crew member who was on a flight back to the United Arab Emirates is the fifth person on that plane to have tested positive for the coronavirus. All five also tested positive for the most infectious B117 strain of the coronavirus, …

[ad_1] BEIJING – Experts from the World Health Organization and China have quashed the controversial theory that the coronavirus had leaked from a Wuhan laboratory, suggesting instead that the Covid-19 virus likely infected humans from an intermediate animal host. The possibility that Covid-19 could have resulted from a laboratory incident …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Horseshoe bats carrying coronaviruses very similar to the one that causes Covid-19 have been found outside of China, so the pandemic may not necessarily have originated in the country, scientists say in a new study. The virus likely reached the Chinese city of Wuhan from elsewhere, said …

[ad_1] WUHAN (REUTERS, AFP) – The head of the team led by the World Health Organization in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, investigating the origins of Covid-19, said on Tuesday (February 9) that the Cold chain virus transmission is a possibility and thorough investigation is warranted. “Cold chain” refers …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian lawmakers across the political territory have spoken out against the decision to allow cabinet ministers returning from official visits abroad to undergo a three-day observation period instead of the standard ten days . They were referring to a federal bulletin signed by the Minister of Health, …

[ad_1] YANGON: Testing for the coronavirus collapsed in Myanmar after a military coup sparked a doctor-led campaign of civil disobedience and mass protests swept the country, official test figures showed. The number of daily tests reported late on Monday (February 8) stood at 1,987, the lowest number since December 29, …

[ad_1] Workers’ Party (WP) Member of Parliament (MP) Jamus Lim was hit with an avalanche of criticism from supporters of the Minister of Law and Interior, K Shanmugam, after the latter declared that rehabilitation and reintegration of ex-offenders in society “not a new issue” in the Singapore Parliament. In a …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Punggol Plaza and FairPrice Xtra in Kallang Wave Mall were added on Monday (February 8) to the list of places visited by COVID-19 cases during their infectious period, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in its daily update. A Sheng Siong supermarket on Sumang Link and DonBaasha restaurant …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A 30-year-old Indian national who received his first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on January 27 was one of two community cases announced on Monday night (February 8). The job pass holder is a Station Satcom engineer and boards ships to install communications and IT equipment …