[ad_1] BANGKOK: The Thai capital of Bangkok will close all schools for two weeks after the New Year holidays while tightening measures to control a new wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the city said on Friday. Thailand confirmed 279 new coronavirus cases on Friday (January 1), most of them linked …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A syringe cap that is currently used in the emergency department of several hospitals here started as a student project in 2017. The device reduces the risk of users administering the wrong dose of medication. The syringe brake is a series of 1 milliliter tabs attached to …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Covid-19 vaccines began on Wednesday (December 30) with the first injections of Pfizer-BioNTech administered to 40 healthcare workers at the National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID). The Straits Times answers some of the questions that have been raised about the vaccine. Q: Will frontline and essential workers …
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[ad_1] Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says Reiss Nelson’s recent absence from the team is due to a “minor inconvenience” that has continued to hamper his progress. The wing he has battled for playing time this season, making just seven first-team appearances. But four of those departures occurred in the space …
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[ad_1] 2021 already looks wonderful for many K-drama fans. South Korean news site Dispatch reported today (January 1) that Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin have been dating for the past eight months, after wrapping up filming for their hit drama Crash Landing on You. And unlike previous times when they …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: All 191 townhouse units at Lorong 3 Geylang have been vacated as ownership of the site returned to the state after the leases expired on Thursday (December 31). “Returning the land on lease to the State upon expiration of the lease allows the land to be rejuvenated to …
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[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will fulfill its obligations under the Bilateral Agreement for the canceled high-speed rail (HSR) project, Prime Minister’s Department Minister Mustapa Mohamed said on Friday (January 1). The governments of Singapore and Malaysia had announced the termination of the HSR project on Friday following the expiration of …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – 30 new coronavirus cases were confirmed as of noon on Friday (January 1), with three new community cases, bringing Singapore’s total to 58,629. Two of the community cases are contacts from previous cases working in the marine sector, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said. One is a …
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[ad_1] JAKARTA – Indonesia will soon receive raw materials to produce 15 million doses of vaccines from Chinese firm Sinovac Biotech, in addition to the three million doses already shipped to the country. A Garuda Indonesia plane arrived at Indonesia’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, around noon on Thursday …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The co-chairs of the multi-ministerial working group will deliver ministerial statements in Parliament next Monday (January 4), on the Government’s response to Covid-19. Health Minister Gan Kim Yong and Education Minister Lawrence Wong will address questions from MPs on various aspects of the coronavirus pandemic. Eight parliamentarians …
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