Health

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Fifty staff members at the Ren Ci Nursing Home in Bukit Batok on Monday (January 11) became some of the first community care workers in Singapore to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Staff received the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, and the first to receive the vaccine was …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Approximately 1,050 front-line health care officers from the National Team will be vaccinated against COVID-19 in the coming weeks, the Interior Ministry said on Monday (January 11). Among those who received the vaccines: Singapore Civil Defense Force (SCDF) Emergency Medical Services (EMS) officers, staff from the National Team …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The Republic reported a nine-month high of 42 imported cases on Sunday night (January 10), more than half of which were work permit holders arriving from Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. . Five of the 24 work permit holders were foreign domestic workers. The other …

[ad_1] BEIJING: China’s state media lashed out at the outgoing Trump administration’s latest move on Taiwan, accusing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of “maliciously trying to inflict a lasting scar on China-US ties.” . A writer for the official Xinhua news agency also said in a comment on Sunday …

[ad_1] MANILA: The Philippines has secured 30 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by US drug maker Novavax, authorities said on Sunday (Jan.10), as the country braces for a surge in infections after a major surge. religious event. This is only the second vaccine agreement signed by the national …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysians packed hypermarkets and restaurants over the weekend to stock up on supplies and dine with family and friends, before Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announces new movement restrictions on Monday (January 11) to address the growing cases of coronavirus. Long lines were observed in supermarkets and …

[ad_1] BERLIN / DILLENBURG, Germany: Proud of their national reputation for efficiency, Germans are increasingly frustrated by the slow launch of a COVID-19 vaccine that their scientists helped develop. Tight vaccine supplies, cumbersome paperwork, a lack of healthcare personnel, and an aging and immobile population are hampering efforts to get …

[ad_1] TOKYO: A new variant of the coronavirus was detected in four travelers from Brazil, the Japanese Ministry of Health said on Sunday (January 10), marking a breakthrough in changes in the pandemic virus. The new variant is different from those first found in Britain and South Africa, although all …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – 42 new coronavirus cases were confirmed at noon on Sunday (January 10), bringing Singapore’s total to 58,907. All were imported cases that had been placed on a stay-at-home notice or isolated upon arrival in Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said. This is the highest number of …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday (January 9) that he was lifting restrictions on contacts between US officials and their Taiwanese counterparts, a move that is likely to anger China and increase tensions between Beijing. and Washington in the last days of President Donald Trump. …