Health

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia is taking a stricter approach to ensuring compliance with its coronavirus lockdown, even as it imposes stricter measures for the Chinese New Year that will restrict reunion dinners only to family members living in the same house . Chief Security Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Industries and individuals in Malaysia have been urged to strictly adhere to COVID-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs) as a reciprocal gesture to the government’s decision to allow most businesses to remain operational during the closing. In a televised speech on Thursday (February 4), Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin …

[ad_1] Hong Kong’s decision to implement “ambush-style” closures on neighborhoods to contain the coronavirus pandemic has left some residents trapped inside shops, sometimes overnight. In a recent operation, a 10-year-old girl was in a hair salon getting a haircut when her mother went shopping for food when the order was …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The World Economic Forum (WEF) postponed its special annual meeting in Singapore from May to August, due to the global Covid-19 situation. The meeting will now take place from August 17 to 20, the WEF said in a statement on Wednesday (February 3) evening. Although the WEF …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A community case was among 18 new COVID-19 infections reported in Singapore on Wednesday (February 3), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said. The community case is a 35-year-old Indian citizen who tested positive two weeks after his stay-at-home notice ended. Ad Ad The long-term visitor pass holder had …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Four cases of anaphylaxis have been reported in people who received the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, State Health Minister Janil Puthucheary said in Parliament on Monday (February 1) in Parliament. This is one more than the number reported last week when the Ministry of Health (MOH) …

[ad_1] WELLINGTON: New Zealand warned on Wednesday (February 3) against “vaccine nationalism” that could delay the launch of international shipments after its drug regulator tentatively approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she still expected supplies of the Pfizer-BioNTech product to arrive in the country …

[ad_1] MOSCOW: Scientists gave the green light to Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine on Tuesday (February 2) and said it was nearly 92% effective in fighting COVID-19 based on late-stage trial results reviewed by peers published in the international medical journal The Lancet. Experts said the results of the Phase III …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore authorities on Tuesday (February 2) issued a cautionary note to investors amid interest in recent market activities related to stocks such as GameStop, AMC Entertainment Holdings and Blackberry. Investors should be on “heightened alert” to risks related to securities trading brought about by online discussion forums and …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia is extending its Movement Control Order (MCO) almost nationally for fifteen days until February 18, with even tighter restrictions as Covid-19 infection rates continue to rise despite the reimposition of restrictions three weeks ago. Chief Security Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said on Tuesday (February 2) …