Health

[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA • The Malaysian Ministry of Health has identified a new strain of Covid-19 in the country from samples taken in the state of Sabah. The director general of the ministry, Tan Sri Noor Hisham Abdullah, said it is still unknown whether the strain, dubbed the “A701B” mutation, is …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A series of dialogues will be held next year in which Singaporean Malays / Muslims will have the opportunity to discuss issues that concern them with politicians, said Minister of State for Human Resources and Defense, Zaqy Mohamad. These dialogues are part of the Ciptasama @ M³ …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Concord International Hospital was ordered to suspend the provision of all health care services as of December 19 after “several major lapses” were found affecting patient safety, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said in a press release on Saturday (December 26). Inspections conducted by the ministry found that …

[ad_1] PARIS: The European Union began launching a vaccine on Saturday (December 26), even as the bloc countries were forced back into lockdown by a new strain of the virus, believed to be more infectious, which continues to spread from Great Britain. The pandemic has claimed more than 1.7 million …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 10 new cases of COVID-19 as of noon on Saturday (December 26), the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said in its preliminary update. All new cases were imported and placed on a stay-at-home or isolated notice upon arrival in Singapore. Ad Ad There were no locally transmitted …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – 10 new coronavirus cases were confirmed as of noon on Saturday (December 26), all of which were imported. They were placed on stay-at-home notices or isolated upon arrival in Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said. There were no new community cases and none of the workers’ …

[ad_1] BEIJING: Leaders of the ruling Communist Party of China congratulated themselves on their “extremely extraordinary” success in handling the COVID-19 outbreak domestically, ahead of a World Health Organization investigation into the origins of the disease. China faced a barrage of criticism at home and abroad for its initial handling …

[ad_1] BANGKOK: Thailand confirmed 110 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday (December 26), of which 64 were local infections, related to an outbreak in the southwestern province of Samut Sakhon, the country’s worst coronavirus outbreak to date. Of the new infections, 30 were among migrant workers and 16 were imported cases, …

[ad_1] SEOUL: South Korea recorded its second-highest daily number of coronavirus cases on Saturday (Dec 26) as outbreaks in a prison, nursing homes and churches continued to grow, prompting authorities to call for a cessation. of all year-end meetings. The country reported another 1,132 new coronavirus cases as the resurgence …

[ad_1] BERLIN: It was during breakfast on the cold morning of January 24 that Ozlem Tureci and her husband Ugur Sahin decided, “we have to fire the starting shot on this.” Sahin “had concluded from a post describing coronavirus cases in Wuhan … that there was a high probability that …