Health

[ad_1] DETROIT: The US distribution of a second COVID-19 vaccine, from Moderna, is set to begin shipping to more than 3,800 sites this weekend, greatly expanding the launch started last week with Pfizer, it said Saturday. the pharmaceutical company and distributor McKesson (December 19). The Food and Drug Administration approved …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – People who attend Stay-at-Home Notices (SHN) are isolated to prevent them from transmitting the disease to anyone else if they have Covid-19. Despite that, 13 SHN people at the Mandarin Orchard Singapore hotel may have been infected during their stay there, given the great similarity of the …

[ad_1] HONG KONG – Hong Kong authorities are searching for a Covid-19 positive patient who escaped from one of the city’s largest hospitals while undergoing treatment, according to health officials. The 63-year-old man, identified as patient 7379, was admitted to the isolation ward at Queen Elizabeth Hospital on December 14 …

[ad_1] BANGKOK (REUTERS) – Thailand has nine new local coronavirus infections, the largest one-day increase in local broadcasts in more than seven months, health officials said on Saturday (December 19). The nine cases are related to a shrimp market in Samut Sakhon province, near Bangkok, where four infections were reported …

[ad_1] BANGKOK: Thailand reported nine new local COVID-19 infections, the largest one-day increase in local transmissions in more than seven months, health officials said on Saturday (December 19). The nine cases are related to a shrimp market in Samut Sakhon province, near Bangkok, where four infections were reported on Friday, …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR (REUTERS) – Malaysia said on Saturday (December 19) that it has obtained the coronavirus vaccine from AstraZeneca PLC, following news that it will receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in February as it battles an increase in infections. The AstraZeneca agreement, to be signed on Monday, will allow the …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Health (MOH) is investigating 13 cases of Covid-19 infection among people who had delivered stay-at-home (SHN) notices at Mandarin Orchard Singapore, the ministry said in a statement on Saturday (December 19) . As a precautionary measure, the hotel will stop accepting new guests with …

[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: The Ministry of Health (MINSA) is investigating 13 COVID-19 cases that delivered their stay-at-home notice at the Mandarin Orchard Singapore hotel after they were observed to have “high genetic similarity” despite coming from different countries. The Singapore Health Ministry and Tourism Board (STB) said on Saturday (December 19) …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – People calling for restrictions on migrant workers to be relaxed as the country moves into phase three are forgetting about the biggest issues, said Deputy Human Resources Minister Tan See Leng. The third phase of Singapore’s reopening, which begins on December 28, is not a return to …