The United States May Cut Some Doses of the Modern Coronavirus Vaccine in Half to Speed ​​Implementation, Says Official, United States News & Top Stories

[ad_1] NEW YORK (REUTERS) – The U.S. government is considering giving some people half the dose of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine to speed up vaccinations, a federal official said Sunday (Jan. 3). Dr. Moncef Slaoui, head of Operation Warp Speed, the federal vaccine program, said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that …

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HDB’s resale prices rose 2.9% in the fourth quarter; Largest Quarterly Increase in 9 Years: Flash Data, Housing News and Highlights

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The Housing Board (HDB) resale market remained strong despite macroeconomic uncertainties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the growing supply of flats. HDB resale prices were up 2.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2020 percent from the previous three months, according to HDB’s latest flash estimates …

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Covid-19 Vaccines Should Protect Against A New UK Most Transmissible Strain: Gan Kim Yong, Politics News & Top Stories

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – There is currently no evidence that existing Covid-19 vaccines are less effective against the new, more transmissible strain of the coronavirus, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said on Monday (January 4). He noted that vaccine manufacturers Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna have publicly stated that their vaccines are likely …

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India bans company from exporting COVID-19 vaccines

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India will not allow the export of COVID-19 vaccine from the University of Oxford-AstraZeneca for several months, said on Sunday the director of the Serum Institute of India, which has been hired to produce 1 billion doses of the vaccine for developing countries. (January 3). Given that …

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