Health

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: As the legal minimum age for smoking increases from 20 to 21 on January 1, retailers are giving updates to their employees and preparing to put up posters informing customers of the change. In November 2017, Parliament passed a law that would raise the minimum smoking age from …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Along with employees reporting a decline in mental health in 2020, managers now face new challenges as we begin the new year. According to a Qualtrics study in Singapore in April 2020, 26 percent of surveyed employees reported a decline in mental health. Ad Ad Of these, 25% …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON – The United States is in danger of losing ground to the Covid-19 coronavirus as a new post-holiday surge fills hospitals and the vaccine administration scale falls below expectations. Added to the concerns is the detection revealed Tuesday of the first known case of the most contagious British …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: People should be vaccinated to protect themselves from COVID-19 infection and “for better protection of the whole of society,” said Health Minister Gan Kim Yong. “While vaccination will remain voluntary, we want to strongly encourage Singaporeans to get vaccinated when their turn comes,” Gan said, speaking to reporters …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singaporeans should be vaccinated against Covid-19 even if the number of community cases is low, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said, noting that the next outbreak is “only a single infection away.” Doing so will provide better protection for the whole of society and allow Singapore to …

[ad_1] South China morning post China-Russia ties will not be broken, declare Xi and Putin in signal to Biden The relationship between China and Russia cannot be interrupted by any third nation and will withstand all kinds of international crises, Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Russian counterpart, signaling to …

[ad_1] ZURICH: The Swiss drug regulator Swissmedic said on Wednesday (December 30) that it did not see any link between the death of a 91-year-old in the canton of Lucerne and the COVID-19 vaccine, adding that the deceased suffered from multiple diseases. before receiving the vaccine. . “Clarifications from the …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Three shopping malls, several restaurants, a Clementi supermarket and the Ghim Moh market and food center were added on Wednesday (December 30) to the Ministry of Health (MINSA) list of public places visited by community cases of COVID- 19 during his infectious period. . This follows the community …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Two more cases of COVID-19 have tested “preliminarily positive” for the new strain of coronavirus circulating in the UK, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Wednesday (December 30). “More tests will be done to confirm the strain,” the Health Ministry added. Ad Ad The two cases, reported …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A Singapore Airlines pilot and a work pass holder have preliminarily tested positive for the new B117 strain of the coronavirus circulating in the UK. They were among 27 new coronavirus cases confirmed on Wednesday (December 30), bringing Singapore’s total to 58,569. The pilot, a 40-year-old Singaporean, …