Health

[ad_1] Sinovac Biotech Ltd’s coronavirus vaccine candidate, CoronaVac, was approved in July for emergency use as part of a program in China to vaccinate high-risk groups such as medical personnel, a person familiar with the matter said. China National Biotec Group (CNBG), a unit of state-owned pharmaceutical giant China National …

[ad_1] SEOUL: The South Korean government stepped up its efforts to end a strike by thousands of the country’s doctors on Friday (August 28), when Seoul took the unprecedented step to restrict restaurants in the capital in a bid to mitigate an increase in coronavirus cases. The Health Ministry issued …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A 24-year-old man was arrested on Thursday (August 27) for allegedly killing his wife at Boon Lay Place. The man will be indicted in court on Saturday for murder, which carries the death penalty or life imprisonment with flogging, police said in a press release on Friday. …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – What constitutes a face mask in the Covid-19 era? This question was raised after a recent incident in which a bus driver refused to allow a man wearing a gaiter to get on board because the driver felt it was not a mask. Under Singapore regulations, a …

[ad_1] PARIS: France reported 7,379 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on Friday (August 28), the most since the shutdown, in what the Health Ministry described as an exponential increase just days before millions of children return to school for first time since March. The daily count was just shy of …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The Singapore Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) announced on Friday (August 28) a series of measures to facilitate crew changes and ensure safe port operations, including shorter stay-at-home advisories for some seafarers and the creation of a dedicated warehouse and quarantine facility for the ship’s crew. “This has …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: When Parliament meets on Monday (August 31), the new members of Parliament will have the first opportunity to put forward some of their priorities and concerns, and politicians on both sides will debate the president’s speech. It would be the first session since President Halimah inaugurated Singapore’s 14th …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: The recovery phase of Malaysia’s COVID-19 motion control order (RMCO) will run until December 31 and tourists will remain unable to enter the country, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said. Speaking in a televised address on Friday (August 28), the prime minister said that despite the number of …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A 25-year-old Singaporean woman whose case is not linked was one of four community cases of Covid-19 confirmed on Friday (August 28). She had symptoms on August 22 and was confirmed to have the coronavirus on Thursday. The Ministry of Health (MOH) said it was detected under …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said on Friday (August 28) that restrictions on the country’s movement will be extended until December 31, as the coronavirus pandemic shows no signs of ending anytime soon. In a nationally televised speech, Tan Sri Muhyiddin said that the recent worrying …