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[ad_1] JAKARTA – With the slow development of its own phase three clinical trial of a Covid-19 vaccine candidate, Indonesia said it requested data from Brazil, where a similar trial is progressing smoothly. It expects to receive the CoronaVac safety and efficacy data from Chinese company Sinovac Biotech by December …

[ad_1] LONDON (REUTERS) – A potentially more infectious new variant of the novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19 has been found in Britain in cases related to South Africa, British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Wednesday (December 23). South Africa’s health department said last week that a new genetic mutation …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The only Covid-19 case transmitted locally on Monday (December 21) was that of a Singaporean woman who tested positive before a scheduled cruise trip, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said. The ministry added that on December 14, the 39-year-old woman and her family had toured the southern …

[ad_1] TAIPEI: A pilot accused of infecting two colleagues and causing the first local transmission of coronavirus in Taiwan since April was fired on Wednesday (December 23), his airline said. The island’s clean streak of 253 days with no local COVID-19 infections ended on Tuesday after a local woman who …

[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA (THE STAR / ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Malaysia’s Ministry of Health said on Wednesday (December 23) that it identified a new strain of Covid-19 in the country from samples taken in Sabah. The director general of the ministry, Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah, said it is still …

[ad_1] LONDON: A potentially more infectious new variant of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has been found in Britain in cases related to South Africa, British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Wednesday (December 23). South Africa’s health department said last week that a new genetic mutation of the …

[ad_1] ZURICH: At the close of 2020, the regulatory approval of COVID-19 vaccines has raised hope that the world can defeat the pandemic next year. But production and delivery challenges suggest that beating the disease will be a marathon whose goal is still a long way off. Europe on Monday …

[ad_1] HONG KONG (REUTERS) – A new variant of the novel coronavirus that is spreading rapidly in Britain appears to have infected two students who returned to Hong Kong from the UK, the Hong Kong Department of Health said on Wednesday (December 23). Kong, while the city secured 22.5 million …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore has confirmed its first case of COVID-19 carrying the potentially most contagious strain of the virus circulating in the UK, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Wednesday (23 December). The case confirmed as a carrier of the B117 strain is known as Case 58504. It involves …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A case of a new strain of coronavirus reported in the UK as potentially more contagious was detected here, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Wednesday (December 23). The patient is a 17-year-old Singaporean girl who had studied in the UK. The Health Ministry said that …