Health

[ad_1] SEOUL: South Korea reported a record 1,097 new coronavirus cases on Sunday (Dec. 20), including an outbreak at a Seoul prison that infected 188 as the country’s latest wave of COVID-19 worsens. With more than 1,000 infections a day for the fifth day in a row, some medical and …

[ad_1] BANGKOK (REUTERS) – Thailand plans to test more than 10,000 people after a record daily increase in coronavirus cases to more than 500, most of which were among migrant workers linked to a shrimp market near the capital, said an official on Sunday (December 20). . By Wednesday, authorities …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Three people who are complying with their stay at home notice (SHN) at the Mandarin Orchard Singapore have tested positive for Covid-19. These are likely to be imported cases and are not linked to 13 other cases that are being investigated, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Brad Bowyer, a member of the Progress Singapore Party (PSP), has questioned the need for masks and social distancing measures to continue, prompting a reprimand from his fellow party member for his “irresponsible” comments. Bowyer, who prevailed in the general election earlier this year as part of …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Nineteen new COVID-19 cases were reported in Singapore as of noon on Sunday (December 20), the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said in its daily preliminary update. No new cases were found in the community or in the dormitories of foreign workers. Ad Ad The 19 cases were imported …

[ad_1] SYDNEY: Dancing, singing and singing were banned in Sydney in a new round of restrictions introduced on Sunday (December 20) as Australian authorities rushed to control a growing COVID-19 outbreak in the city. Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales, recorded 30 new COVID-19 cases as an outbreak in …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Stays were interrupted at the Mandarin Orchard Singapore, while those with stay-at-home (SHN) notices at the hotel were tested for Covid-19 on Saturday (December 19), after the Ministry Health Department (MOH) said it was investigating 13 cases of Covid-19 among people who served their SHN there. While …

[ad_1] South China morning post Hong Kong Fourth Wave: Health Official Admits Quarantine Delays As 70 Covid-19 Cases Have Been Confirmed, With Medical Personnel Among Possible Infected Large-scale evacuations from coronavirus-hit housing estates may be delaying the quarantine of other Hong Kong residents, a senior health official said. The admission …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s top hospitals face coronavirus outbreaks among healthcare workers and staff, as the number of active Covid-19 cases hit a record high of more than 15,000 on Friday (December 18). Klang General Hospital and Serdang Hospital, two major hospitals in the country’s richest and most populous …

[ad_1] LONDON (REUTERS) – Below are details of a new variant of the coronavirus that has been identified in the UK, given at a press conference on Saturday (December 19) by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Patrick Vallance, the Britain’s chief scientific advisor, and Chris Whitty. , the chief medical advisor. …