Health

[ad_1] HANOI (REUTERS) – Vietnam detected its first imported case of the new variant of the coronavirus that is spreading rapidly through Britain, the Health Ministry said on Saturday (January 2). The variant was detected in a 44-year-old woman returning to Vietnam from Britain, who was quarantined upon arrival and …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR – As the arrival of the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines to Malaysia approaches, Abdullah Salleh is on two minds about receiving an immunization vaccine. Despite being in favor of vaccines, the 37-year-old cameraman said he is hesitant to take an injection due to the possibility of …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India on Saturday (January 2) held nationwide drills to kick off one of the world’s largest coronavirus vaccination programs as the drug regulator prepared to approve the first vaccine. A government panel on Friday recommended the emergency use of the AstraZeneca-Oxford University injection and the first injections …

[ad_1] LONDON: With daily coronavirus infections on the rise as a result of a new variant of COVID-19, the British government faced mounting pressure on Saturday (January 2) from teachers’ unions to keep schools in England closed for al minus another two weeks. The government, which oversees schools in England, …

[ad_1] BANGKOK: A group of people worked hard on the dusty roadside next to a railroad. Wearing yellow aprons and black gloves, they swept up the dry leaves in heaps and scooped up the trash with their hands. Their faces are wrinkled and covered in sweat as their skin burns …

[ad_1] LONDON: Britain will allow people to receive injections of different COVID-19 vaccines on rare occasions, despite a lack of evidence on the degree of immunity offered by the combination of doses. In a departure from other strategies globally, the government said people could receive a combination of two COVID-19 …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Concerns about the risk of transmission of Covid-19 to passengers by the Singapore Airlines administrator who worked as Grab’s driver are valid, but the use of masks and other precautions taken, as well as the robust tracking system of contacts here will mitigate the likelihood of forming …

[ad_1] Just two days before Christmas, the Singapore government banned short-term visitors and transit passengers who had recently been to the UK. The decision, which took effect at 11:59 am Singapore Standard Time on Wednesday, December 23, left thousands of travelers stranded abroad, with limited options for getting home. Now, …

[ad_1] JOHOR BAHRU: About 1,000 people in the southern Malaysian state of Johor have been placed in temporary evacuation centers after flooding caused by two days of heavy rain that began on Friday (January 1). Four districts – Kulai, Johor Bahru, Kluang and Kota Tinggi – were affected by the …

[ad_1] Opposition leader Pritam Singh Below is the New Years message from the General Secretary of the Workers’ Party, Pritam Singh, delivered on January 1, 2021. Singaporeans will remember 2020 as the year our lives came to a standstill. theThe global Covid-19 pandemic disrupted livelihoods and cast a shadow of …