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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – More details of the effort to vaccinate Singaporeans against Covid-19, including the different phases of the vaccination program and who will go through them, are expected to be released in early January, Education Minister Lawrence said Tuesday. Wong (December 22). ). The exact details on the launch …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The only COVID-19 case in the community reported on Monday (December 21) was touring the southern islands in a group of 12 on December 14, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) reported. Investigations are underway to assess whether there were any violations of safe management measures when the 39-year-old …

[ad_1] Ler Teck Siang, the former doctor involved in leaking data from the HIV registry last year, has been sentenced to an additional 10 months in jail for failing to provide narcotics officers with his urine sample. Ler, 39, also admitted a charge under the Official Secrets Act (OSA) for …

[ad_1] South China morning post Hong Kong fourth wave: police investigate where Covid-19 patient escaped for 54 hours on the run, while city confirms 85 new Covid-19 cases The Hong Kong coronavirus patient who escaped from a public hospital only to be located days later refused to tell police where …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: When the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from Singapore from Pfizer-BioNTech landed at Changi Airport on Monday (December 21), relief on the runway was palpable. Just hours earlier, fears of supply chain disruptions had emerged. Ad Ad European countries had closed their borders to isolate Britain after reports …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 29 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Tuesday (December 22), the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said in its preliminary daily update. It is the highest daily number of cases reported since September 21, when 31 cases were reported. Ad Ad The 29 new cases reported …

[ad_1] JAKARTA – President Joko Widodo replaced six ministers on Tuesday (December 22) in a major cabinet shakeup aimed at helping Indonesia recover from the coronavirus pandemic, which has plunged the country into its first recession since the financial crisis in 1998. Budi Gunadi Sadikin, a deputy minister of state …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – 29 new coronavirus cases were confirmed as of noon on Tuesday (December 22), 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. Among the imported cases, four are Singaporean or permanent residents and …

[ad_1] JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo announced new members of his cabinet on Tuesday (December 22), ending months of speculation. Among the new ministers are: the head of the economic recovery task force Budi Gunadi Sadikin, the main Tri Rismaharini of Surabaya and Mr. Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno, who was the …

[ad_1] TAIPEI: Taiwan reported on Tuesday (December 22) its first locally transmitted COVID-19 case in more than eight months. The local case is a woman, who is friends with a New Zealand pilot who was confirmed to be infected earlier this week, Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said at a press …