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[ad_1] Singapore Following recent cases, more than 20,000 marine sector workers will undergo additional COVID-19 swabs, including routine tests listed every 7 days. Seagoing vessels are seen anchored in the waters south of Singapore near the Shell oil refineries seen in the background at Pulau Bukom. (Photo: ROSLAN RAHMAN / …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Maritime sector shore personnel will now have to be tested for coronavirus every seven days instead of 14 before they can board ships for work. This is one of the strictest measures for testing all shore-based personnel aboard ships, in light of two cases in which a …

[ad_1] SEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD / ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – The South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare removed a video it had posted on social media encouraging dancing to overcome the sadness of the coronavirus. The video, uploaded on New Year’s Day and removed on Saturday (January 2), drew …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE, Jan 2 (The Straits Times / ANN): Measures to contain the spread of Covid-19 would still apply to the fast-spreading strain circulating in the UK and which may show up in more cases here, unless released into the community, infectious disease experts said. So far there is a …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Three shopping malls and nine restaurants were among 12 new locations added to the list of places visited by Covid-19 patients while they were infectious, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Friday (January 1). Japanese restaurants added to the list included Chikuyotei Japanese Restaurant at UE …

[ad_1] SYDNEY: Australia’s leading medical group says the New South Wales state government has put the rest of the country at risk for its decision not to act “vigorously and early” in its response to the COVID-19 outbreak on beaches north of Sydney, which is suspected of causing new cases …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 33 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Saturday (January 2), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in its preliminary update. All of these were imported infections and were placed on a stay-at-home or isolated notice upon arrival in Singapore. Ad Ad This is the highest …

[ad_1] NEW YORK: Pfizer and its partner BioNTech plan to give volunteers who received a placebo in their COVID-19 vaccine trial the option to receive a first dose of the vaccine before March 1, 2021, while they remain in the study. The trial vaccine transition option allows all participants 16 …

[ad_1] Samuel DevarajThe new roleDecember 31, 2020 Twelve people allegedly posed for photos up close without wearing masks, violating safe distancing rules, while on a cruise ship recently. A reader reporting to The New Paper said that their social media activity indicated that they boarded the Royal Caribbean cruise on …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Measures to contain the spread of Covid-19 would remain valid for the fast-spreading strain circulating in the UK and which may show up in more cases here, unless it is lost to the community, infectious disease experts said. . So far there is a confirmed case with …