[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India reported a new variant of the coronavirus on Wednesday (March 24) as it struggled with the highest count of new infections and deaths in a single day this year. The variant, described by officials as a “double mutant,” has been found in more than 200 samples …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – More employees can return to their workplaces and larger-scale activities can be carried out from April as part of the easing of Covid-19 restrictions with the improvement of the situation in Singapore. Here’s a look at the restrictions that will be eased: 1. More employees can return …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A business meeting in Singapore is using motion dongles to ensure participants keep their distance, as the country prepares to start hosting large events safely in the run-up to the World Economic Forum Special Annual Meeting ( WEF) in August. The pocket dongle, which uses Bluetooth technology, tracks …
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[ad_1] Singapore The COVID-19 multi-ministry task force was responding to a question about why Singapore received a shipment of the Sinovac vaccine before it was authorized for use here. A booth displaying Sinovac Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine is seen in Beijing, China, on September 4, 2020. (File Photo: REUTERS / Tingshu …
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[ad_1] CAIRO (BLOOMBERG) – Ships in the Suez Canal were diverted to an older canal on Wednesday (March 24) after a large container ship ran aground, blocking ships passing through one of the most important waterways in the world, said maritime sources and companies involved. The hull of the 400-meter-long …
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[ad_1] CAIRO: Egypt’s Suez Canal, where frantic efforts were being made on Wednesday (March 24) to free a giant container ship, opened 150 years ago. READ: Suez Canal blocked by huge freighter Commercial Commercial It has been regularly expanded and modernized and today is capable of hosting some of the …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: More employees can return to the workplace starting April 5 and split team arrangements will no longer be mandatory as Singapore eases some COVID-19 measures. The country will move from working from home as a default mode to a more “flexible and hybrid” form of work, Co-Chair of …
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[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: COVID-19 Vaccination Digital Certificates in Malaysia and Singapore are secured by blockchain technology and come with a traceability feature that indicates the exact lot of the vaccine vial used for inoculation. Malaysian Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said this in a Facebook post on Tuesday …
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[ad_1] HONG KONG: Hong Kong and Macao discontinued use of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday (March 24) after being informed of a packaging issue affecting a batch of vials, while emphasizing that they did not they believed there was a security risk. The strike is the latest blow in efforts …
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[ad_1] PARIS (AFP) – France, Germany and other EU nations called on Chinese ambassadors on Tuesday (March 23) to protest the sanctions imposed by Beijing against its citizens, as China and Europe clashed over allegations of rights abuses. against the Uighur Muslim minority in China. France also reprimanded the Chinese …
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