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[ad_1] BANGKOK: After managing against all odds to keep the coronavirus under control for most of the year, Thailand was suddenly challenged by a spreading outbreak among migrant workers at the gates of the capital Bangkok. The surge in cases in Samut Sakhon province threatens to undo months of efforts …

[ad_1] HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) – The sudden reappearance of Covid-19 in places with the world’s best records for handling the pandemic is sending a discouraging message to health officials: Strategies to completely eliminate the virus don’t work for long. . term solution, and even the most successful places can never …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is in talks to buy 6.4 million doses of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine from Russia and wants to increase its purchases of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the Minister of Science said on Wednesday (December 23), Technology and Innovation Khairy Jamaluddin: As the country seeks to strengthen …

[ad_1] SYDNEY: Sydney on Wednesday (Dec 23) eased closure restrictions for Christmas after Australia’s largest city reported a second day of new COVID-19 cases in single digits. Amid a record testing and tracing effort, only eight new cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, prompting authorities to announce that …

[ad_1] 3:25 am ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has told ESPN that the Manchester United team can do their part to convince Paul Pogba to stick around by showing him that he can win trophies at Old Trafford. Pogba’s agent Mino Raiola has publicly said that the midfielder wants …

[ad_1] By Chen Lin, Aradhana Aravindan SINGAPORE (Reuters) – As Singapore prepares to roll out COVID-19 vaccines, its surprising success in controlling the virus raises questions about whether they should get the vaccines. FILE PHOTO: The first shipment of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine arrives in Singapore on December 21, …

[ad_1] The first shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrived this week and Singapore hopes to have enough vaccines for 5.7 million people by the third quarter of 2021. – Reuters pic SINGAPORE, December 23 – As Singapore prepares to roll out the Covid-19 vaccines, its surprising success in controlling the …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – When the former head of the Workers’ Party, Low Thia Khiang, announced that he would not stand in this year’s election, it was not a decision caused by a fall at home, according to a new book by WP member and MP no constitutive Yee Jenn Jong. …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines (SIA) has begun testing of a new digital health verification application that will allow it to validate COVID-19 test results and vaccination information from a passenger, in a move intended to facilitate return of air travel. The aviation and tourism industries have been hit hard by …

[ad_1] SEOUL: South Korean President Moon Jae-in faced mounting public pressure on Wednesday (December 23) over his COVID-19 vaccine procurement plans as the country struggled to contain a third wave of the pandemic, reporting their second highest daily case count. National media have criticized the government’s approach to securing newly …