Health

[ad_1] Seoul: South Korea recorded 168 new coronavirus cases as of midnight on Friday (September 4), posting the lowest daily count in three weeks after imposing stricter social distancing rules to mitigate a second wave of infections. Total infections rose to 21,010, with 333 deaths, according to data released by …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Non-Singaporean travelers arriving from India make up the largest number of imported COVID-19 cases during a five-month period here, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said in a written parliamentary response on Friday (September 4) . Between April 1 and August 31, 183 cases arriving from India tested …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: US Elections Officially Open: North Carolina on Friday (Sept. 4) launched vote-by-mail operations for the Nov. 3 contest between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden, which is getting uglier by the day. Concerns about the continued spread of the coronavirus are expected to lead to a major increase …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: As a comfort food for many Singaporeans, instant noodles help us on time-constrained days and overtime shifts, and they double as a late-night treat. Aside from the convenience, many people return to their favorite brand for its taste. Fans of instant noodles know they are not eating these …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Non-Singaporean travelers arriving from India make up the largest number of imported COVID-19 cases during a five-month period here, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said in a written parliamentary response on Friday (September 4) . Between April 1 and August 31, 183 cases arriving from India tested …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Around 16,000 workers have yet to be scheduled for their mandatory routine tests for COVID-19, one day before the detection deadline on Saturday (September 5). Workers who do not meet the deadline for tests will not be able to return to work, said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), …

[ad_1] South Korea reported fewer than 200 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday for the first time in more than two weeks, but authorities remain on high alert after the number of seriously ill patients rose and a new group of infections was identified in a kimchi factory. The country reported …

[ad_1] RAJEWADI, India: The picturesque sugarcane-producing town of Rajewadi in western India did not have a single confirmed case of coronavirus until mid-August. Now one in four people tests positive for the virus, and police blame a local religious event for the spread. Such outbreaks in cases in small towns …

[ad_1] The latest government move to expand Covid-19 testing to community groups is a good strategy for detecting asymptomatic infections, Professor Teo Yik Ying, dean of the National University of Singapore’s Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, said yesterday. NUS). But he added that making such a scheme mandatory …

[ad_1] Disease X, a new unknown disease that could cause a future epidemic, should be seen as a serious threat to drive preparedness as it will be highly infectious, more lethal than Covid-19 and will mutate easily, local health experts said. For now, it’s more of a hypothetical concept to …