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[ad_1] Image copyright Silver Generation Office (SGO) Singapore has begun distributing Bluetooth contact tracking tokens to its five million residents to help contain the spread of Covid-19. The tokens, which can be worn on a lanyard or carried, are a hardware version of your existing contact tracing app that launched …

[ad_1] MANILA: Experts described the Philippines’ decision to reduce the minimum social distancing to 12 inches in public transportation as dangerous and premature on Monday (September 14), as the country posted another daily record for recently confirmed COVID-19 deaths. Gradually reducing the distances between passengers to a third from the …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – 48 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed as of noon on Monday (September 14), bringing Singapore’s total to 57,454. There were five imported cases, which were placed on stay-at-home notices upon arrival in Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said. There were no new community cases. More …

[ad_1] TOKYO: On Monday (September 14), Japan’s ruling party elected Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga as its new leader, assuring him that he will replace Shinzo Abe as the country’s next prime minister. Suga easily won the ballot, obtaining 377 of a total of 534 valid votes from legislators and …

[ad_1] LONDON: The collective failure of political leaders to heed warnings and prepare for an infectious disease pandemic has transformed “a world at risk” into a “world in disarray,” according to a report on International Epidemic Preparedness. “Financial and political investments in preparedness have been insufficient, and we are all …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A faculty member of the Alice Lee Center for Nursing Studies (NUS Nursing) at the National University of Singapore has been named a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (AAN), one of the highest honors in the nursing profession Worldwide. Associate Professor Wang Wenru, the first …

[ad_1] MUMBAI: India said on Sunday (September 13) that it was considering granting an emergency authorization for a COVID-19 vaccine, particularly for older people and people in high-risk workplaces, as the number of reported infections in the country exceeded 4.75 million. India, which has consistently reported more than 1,000 COVID-19 …

[ad_1] YUZAWA, Japan: It’s noon on a hot day in the Japanese city where Yoshihide Suga, Japan’s next prime minister, grew up, but more than half of the stores in a downtown shopping arcade are closed and the sidewalks are empty except by the few older passersby. A building that …

[ad_1] TOKYO: Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, a longtime loyal aide to outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, was set to win the ruling party’s leadership elections on Monday (September 14), virtually ensuring that he will replace Abe this week ranked highest in the nation. Suga, 71, who has said …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – 49 new coronavirus cases were confirmed as of noon on Sunday (September 13), most of them migrant workers in dormitories. Those outside the dormitories comprised one community and eight imported cases, the Health Ministry said in its daily update. The only community case is a 42-year-old work …