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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore has vaccinated more than 6,200 people against COVID-19 and will continue to increase the scope and pace of the country’s vaccination program, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said on Wednesday (January 13) after receiving his first dose of Pfizer. -BioNTech vaccine. “In the past few days particularly, …

[ad_1] JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo received the first dose of CoronaVac from Sinovac Biotech on Wednesday (January 13), becoming the first person in the country to be vaccinated. Jokowi, as the president is popularly known, was hit at the presidential palace in Jakarta in an event that was broadcast …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Eligible Singapore Airlines (SIA) staff members will begin receiving the COVID-19 vaccine from Wednesday (January 13) at Changi Airport Terminal 4 as part of a vaccination campaign for some industry workers. of aviation. The vaccine is available to Singapore-based staff members currently on the routine testing program included …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia reported a record 3,309 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday (Jan 12), its biggest daily increase since the start of the pandemic. The spike in cases comes less than a week after Malaysia set its previous daily case record of 3,027 infections on January 7. Ad Ad …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The government has offered Covid-19 vaccines to Singapore Airlines (SIA) staff, in the latest step forward in Singapore’s vaccination exercise. The airline is believed to be the first in the world to offer its staff the option of getting vaccinated against the coronavirus. An SIA spokesperson said …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has entered a state of emergency. It will last until Aug. 1 or earlier, depending on the status of coronavirus infections, a palace statement said. The king’s proclamation of the state of emergency on Tuesday morning (January 12) came amid an alarming rise in COVID-19 cases …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 17 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Tuesday (January 12), the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said in its preliminary daily update. No cases of local transmission were reported in the community or in the dormitories of foreign workers. Ad Ad All 17 cases were imported …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A man accused of trespassing on the premises of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary last year and defacing a statue of Mary was acquitted of all charges in district court on Monday (January 11). Race Koh Jun Xian, now 38, received a …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia announced on Monday (January 11) new nationwide movement restrictions to curb the growing number of Covid-19 cases. Five states (Melaka, Johor, Penang, Selangor and Sabah) and the federal territories of Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya will re-enter the Movement Control Order (MCO), Prime Minister Muhyiddin …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will tighten COVID-19 restrictions starting on Wednesday (January 13), Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said in a renewed effort to combat the alarming increase in COVID-19 cases in the country. In a televised speech on Monday, Muhyiddin said that five states, including Penang, Selangor, Melaka, Johor, and …