[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A day after the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) announced that all foreign worker dormitories were cleared of COVID-19, with the exception of 17 blocks in six specially designed dormitories reserved for quarantine, another 800 workers migrants had to be isolated. And it was all due to the discovery …
Read More »Commuters show signs of victory as India reopens metro despite coronavirus surge, South Asia News & Top Stories
[ad_1] NEW DELHI (AFP) – Commuters showed signs of victory as India restarted the city’s metro services on Monday (September 7) after a hiatus of nearly six months, determined to live with the new normal even as the great nation surpassed Brazil as the second worst coronavirus. -country affected. The …
Read More »Apple Marina Bay Sands opens Thursday in Singapore
[ad_1] Apple’s rich history in Singapore spans over 40 years, beginning with the first corporate office in Ang Mo Kio. In 1981, the team was responsible for producing the majority of printed circuit boards for Apple II computers around the world. Since then, Apple has expanded its corporate and retail …
Read More »WHO Says Working With China on Covid-19 Vaccine Approval Requirements, Europe News & Top Stories
[ad_1] GENEVA / BEIJING (REUTERS) – The World Health Organization is working with China on requirements for international approval of any Chinese Covid-19 vaccine, a senior official said on Monday (September 7). “The WHO China office and WHO headquarters have been working with the regulatory authorities in China,” said Deputy …
Read More »Hong Kong actor and ‘king of voice-overs’ Tam Ping Man dies at 86, Entertainment News & Top Stories
[ad_1] Veteran actor Tam Ping Man, also known as the “king of voice-overs” in Hong Kong for providing Cantonese dubbing in various films, died at the age of 86 on Saturday (September 5). Tam, who had just renewed his contract with Hong Kong broadcaster TVB in May, was diagnosed with …
Read More »Most of China’s Sinovac Employees and Families Took the Coronavirus Vaccine: CEO, East Asia News & Top Stories
[ad_1] BEIJING (REUTERS) – About 90 percent of Sinovac Biotech employees and their families have taken an experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by the Chinese company under the country’s emergency use program, its chief executive said Sunday. (September 6). The scope of vaccines under the emergency program, which China launched in …
Read More »China’s Sinovac COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Vaccine Appears Safe, Slightly Weaker in the Elderly
[ad_1] BEIJING: Chinese firm Sinovac Biotech Ltd said on Monday (September 7) that its coronavirus vaccine candidate appeared to be safe for older people, based on preliminary results of an early to mid-stage trial, while immune responses triggered by the vaccine were slightly weaker. than younger adults. Health officials have …
Read More »Almost 300 Rohingya refugees arrive in Aceh province in Indonesia
[ad_1] LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia: Nearly 300 Rohingya refugees believed to have been at sea for six months landed in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Monday (September 7), Indonesian authorities confirmed. Aceh police said a wooden boat carrying the Rohingya was spotted by local fishermen several kilometers off the coast of Lhokseumawe, before …
Read More »Singapore: only 22 new cases of Covid-19; lowest daily figure in more than 5 months
[ad_1] SINGAPORE, Sept. 7 (The Straits Times / ANN): 22 new coronavirus cases were confirmed as of noon on Monday (Sept. 7), bringing Singapore’s total to 57,044. This is the lowest daily figure in more than five months since March 16, when there were 17 cases. Monday’s new patients included …
Read More »‘I’m afraid of death,’ says Indonesian doctor who survived Covid-19, SE Asia News & Top Stories
[ad_1] JAKARTA – Indonesian doctor Tri Maharani felt she could cope with any disaster because she has cared for patients injured in tsunamis and volcanic eruptions for the past 22 years. But she was not prepared to be struck down by Covid-19. “In the early days, I was very distraught. …
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