Health

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Indonesian President Joko Widodo reshuffled his 14-month cabinet last week. While the move was widely anticipated, the sweeping changes came as a surprise. Six ministers were replaced. Ad Ad Two, Social Affairs Minister Juliari Batubara and Fisheries Minister Edhy Prabowo, were expelled after the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The United States marked the New Year on Friday (January 1) by surpassing the extraordinary milestone of 20 million COVID-19 cases, after global celebrations welcoming 2021 were largely silenced by the pandemic. The United States has failed in its efforts to quell the virus, which is spreading rapidly …

[ad_1] LONDON: British health officials have reactivated emergency hospitals that were built at the start of the pandemic to handle a surge in COVID-19 cases that is putting existing wards under extreme pressure, particularly in London. The UK has recorded more than 50,000 new cases of the virus a day …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The end-of-the-year period, with invitations to gatherings and festive parties, is stressful for Jas, 31, who wanted to be known only by her first name. That’s because you’ve struggled with an eating disorder for the past seven years, one that involves chewing food and spitting it out to …

[ad_1] PETALING JAYA (THE STAR / ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Malaysia extended existing restrictions under the motion control order (MCO) recovery phase from Friday (January 1) to March 31, Chief Minister Ismail said Sabri Yaakob. He said the Health Ministry carried out risk assessments and found that cases were still …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Another Raffles Girls’ School (RGS) student was among the three community cases announced on Friday (January 1). The 14-year-old Singaporean is a friend of case 58,843, who is a family member of a permanent resident, a marine surveyor from Lloyd’s Register Singapore who was also a confirmed …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Mandarin Orchard Singapore received the green light to reopen on Saturday (January 2) after the Ministry of Health (MOH) found no further transmission beyond the 13 cases they reported staying home at the hotel. All hotel employees who were swabbed under “special testing operations” also tested negative for …

[ad_1] BEIJING (REUTERS) – China has granted conditional approval for general public use of a Covid-19 vaccine developed by state drug maker Sinopharm, an official from the China National Medical Products Administration said at a press conference on Thursday ( December 31). The approval of the vaccine developed by Sinopharm’s …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 30 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Friday (January 1). These include three community cases, two of them linked to groups involving workers in the marine sector. One of them is a 14-year-old Raffles Girls’ School student, the second person at the school to test …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: On Friday (January 1), several restaurants and three shopping malls were added to the Ministry of Health (MINSA) list of public places visited by community cases of COVID-19 during their infectious period. Locations include the Takashimaya department store in Ngee Ann City, Bedok Mall, and Tang Plaza. Ad …