Health

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) said on Wednesday (December 30) that it will further toughen COVID-19 measures for the aircrew of Singaporean carriers with immediate effect. “This is due to the increased risk of COVID-19 infection abroad given the resurgence observed in various parts of the …

[ad_1] BRUSSELS: The United States and the European Union demanded on Tuesday (December 29) that China release a citizen journalist jailed for reports from Wuhan, and top US diplomat Mike Pompeo accused Beijing of covering up COVID-19. A Chinese court on Monday handed down a four-year prison sentence to Zhang …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singapore Airlines (SIA) cabin crew members will be required to undergo stricter Covid-19 control measures effective immediately following news that a Singapore Airlines (SIA) cabin crew member and an SIA pilot they tested positive for the coronavirus. Announcing this on Wednesday night (December 30), the Civil Aviation …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – 27 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed as of Wednesday noon (Dec. 30), bringing Singapore’s total to 58,569. There were 26 imported cases and 25 of them were sent home or isolated upon arrival in Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said. The remaining imported case was …

[ad_1] BERLIN: Germany could offer coronavirus vaccines to all who want them for the summer if a third vaccine from Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca or CureVac gets EU approval, the Health Minister said on Tuesday (December 29), Jens Spahn. Spahn was questioned during an interview broadcast live on the website …

[ad_1] JAKARTA: Indonesia has banned the controversial but politically influential hard-line group, the Islamic Defenders Front, the country’s chief security minister announced on Wednesday (December 30). Mahfud MD said that the group, widely known by its acronym FPI, had been officially outlawed, effective immediately. The FPI is led by Islamic …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON – A 45-year-old nurse in California tested positive for Covid-19 more than a week after receiving the coronavirus vaccine from Pfizer, an ABC News affiliate reported on Tuesday (December 29). Matthew W., a nurse at two different local hospitals, said in a Facebook post on Dec. 18 that …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The part-time private rental driver who was reported as the only community case of COVID-19 in Singapore on Monday worked with Grab from December 17 to 24, the Ministry of Health (MOH) told CNA on Wednesday. The 48-year-old, who is also a Singapore Airlines delegate, had traveled to …

[ad_1] BANGKOK (BLOOMBERG) – Thailand’s Ministry of Health approved the use of a herbal plant extract to treat the early stages of Covid-19 as a pilot program amid an outbreak of the coronavirus outbreak in the southeastern nation. Asian. Andrographis paniculata, commonly known as green chiretta, will serve as an …

[ad_1] MANILA: The Philippine Defense Minister said on Wednesday (December 30) that unapproved COVID-19 vaccines administered to President Rodrigo Duterte’s military security detachment had been smuggled into the country, but called the move “justified. “. News of the inoculation of the special troop unit as early as September has caused …