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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – 40 new coronavirus cases were confirmed as of noon on Friday (September 4), bringing Singapore’s total to 56,948. They included three imported cases that had been placed on stay-at-home notices upon arrival in Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said. There were no new community cases. The …

[ad_1] WELLINGTON: New Zealand recorded its first death from COVID-19 in more than three months on Friday (September 4) when a man in his 50s succumbed to the virus. Health officials said the man was part of a cluster of second-wave infections that emerged in Auckland last month, ending a …

[ad_1] WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Friday (September 4) that current restrictions to combat the spread of the coronavirus would be in place until at least mid-September. Auckland, the country’s largest city and the center of a new outbreak, will remain at alert level 2.5 which …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has expressed hope that Singapore and Malaysia will soon finalize arrangements for the daily movement of workers between the two countries as border restrictions begin to ease amid the COVID pandemic. -19. In a Facebook post on Thursday night (September 3) after …

[ad_1] The Cochrane Lodge II bedroom in Singapore on April 18. Photographer: Ore Huiying / Getty Images Photographer: Ore Huiying / Getty Images Singapore has reportedly found two more clusters of Covid-19 infections in previously cleared worker bedrooms, a day after three other worker dormitories that had previously been declared …

[ad_1] SEOUL: South Korean doctors have agreed to end a two-week strike that has hampered efforts to curb a new wave of coronavirus infections, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said on Friday (September 4), after late-night talks about the government’s medical reform plans. . About 16,000 interns and residents have been …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Axington Inc’s board of directors, which has shrunk greatly, said a rights issue proposal will proceed as planned, despite five directors resigning amid controversy surrounding the Bellagraph Nova (BN) group, a company founded by majority shareholders and former Chairman of Axington. Axington’s two remaining directors, Mr. Low …

[ad_1] NEW YORK: 28 manufacturers in 10 countries could produce unprecedented quantities of vaccines over the next two years to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said on Thursday (September 4) as he announced that he would help lead the effort. to acquire and distribute them. UNICEF’s …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The Skyline Luge in Sentosa and Universal Studios Singapore are among the locations added on Wednesday (September 2) to a list of public places visited by community cases of COVID-19 during their infectious period, reported the Ministry of Health (MOH ). Several locations in the Orchard Road, Apple …

[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 …