Health

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: After a patient from the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) splashed urine on his colleague, a nurse sprayed hand sanitizer on the vulnerable victim’s face, before striking him during a riot in the dayroom. Muhammad Ihsan Mahmud, 32, was sentenced to nine weeks in jail on Monday (January …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced on Monday (January 18) a new financial assistance package worth RM15 billion (US $ 3.7 billion) to mitigate the impact of COVID-19. In a televised address, Muhyiddin said the package called PERMAI, or Malaysia’s Rakyat Protection and Economic Assistance Package, strengthens …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Two new variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 have raised alarm around the world as they are said to be more contagious, making it even more difficult to stop the spread of the disease. While the SARS-CoV-2 variants are expected to reproduce and adapt to their human …

[ad_1] SEOUL: The de facto head of South Korea’s Samsung business empire was convicted on Monday (January 18) of a major corruption scandal and jailed for two and a half years, in a ruling that deprives the tech giant of its main decision. maker. Lee Jae-yong, vice president of Samsung …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The two community cases announced on Sunday (January 17) are linked to a Singapore Police Force para-veterinarian who was previously confirmed to have Covid-19, to form a new group with four cases. The first case, a 44-year-old Singaporean, works as an administrative officer with the police at …

[ad_1] BEIJING: Concerns intensified in mainland China about a possible new wave of coronavirus cases ahead of Chinese New Year next month, as authorities reported 109 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday (January 17), the majority of them in Hebei province surrounding Beijing. Although the new case count on January 16 …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – 30 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed as of noon on Sunday (January 17), bringing Singapore’s total to 59,113. There were 28 imported cases that were placed on a stay-at-home notice upon arrival in Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said. Sunday’s figure also included two …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia reported a new record for coronavirus cases on Saturday (Jan 16) with 4,029 infections daily, even as the public continued to debate the government’s turn on what should be closed during the movement restrictions that were re-imposed on the The last Wednesday. . The Malaysian …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: On Saturday (January 16), several food and beverage outlets were added to the Ministry of Health’s (MINSA) list of public places visited by community cases of COVID-19 during their infectious period. Mata Thai restaurants at 11 Bishan Street and Chice at Vision Exchange were among the new places …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A Singaporean couple and the wife of the K-9 unit para-vet who previously tested positive are among four new cases of coronavirus in the community reported by the Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday (January 16) . In total, 24 new cases were reported, one from the Tuas …