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[ad_1] CANBERRA: Australia asked the European Commission to review a decision by Italy to block a shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca, while emphasizing on Friday (March 5) that the missing doses would not affect the launch of the inoculation program of Australia. Italy, with the support of the …

[ad_1] TOKYO (REUTERS) – Japanese supercomputer simulations showed that wearing two masks provided limited benefit in blocking the viral spread of Covid-19 compared to a properly fitted mask. The findings partly contradict recent recommendations from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that two masks were better than …

[ad_1] Tsunami warnings were lifted on several South Pacific islands on Friday, allowing tens of thousands of evacuees to return home as the risk of a series of powerful earthquakes appeared to diminish. Magnitude 7.3, 7.4 and 8.1 earthquakes struck near New Zealand’s remote Kermadec Islands in rapid succession early …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – To ensure that people who need financial help with their medical bills get a higher share of government subsidies, the current schemes will be renewed in mid-2022. Acute hospitals, which now base subsidies on an individual’s income, will switch to per capita household income (PCHI) instead, the …

[ad_1] TOKYO: The Japanese government plans to extend the state of emergency to combat COVID-19 in Tokyo and three neighboring prefectures until March 21, two weeks longer than originally scheduled, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday (March 5). . Under the state of emergency, the government has requested that …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Steady progress has been made on Singapore’s vaccination program, with more than 350,000 Singaporeans, including around 80 percent of healthcare workers, already receiving their first injection of the Covid-19 vaccine a starting Thursday (March 4). About 215,000 have received their second dose, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong …

[ad_1] Police in Myanmar opened fire on Friday (March 5) on protesters against last month’s military coup, killing one man, as international condemnation rained down on the junta ahead of a United Nations Security Council meeting to discuss the crisis. The violence took place when the United States announced new …

[ad_1] BEIJING: China will invest more in coal to boost its economy over the next five years, according to a government plan released on Friday (March 5) that only modestly raised renewable ambitions. Environmentalists hoped that China’s five-year national development plan, unveiled at its annual parliamentary session, would provide a …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – More than 60,000 coronavirus cases have already been recorded in Singapore after another nine were confirmed at noon on Friday (March 5). The newly discovered infections, bringing the republic’s confirmed case count to 60,007 since the start of the pandemic, were all imported, the Ministry of Health …

[ad_1] HONG KONG: Since Britain returned Hong Kong to Chinese rule in 1997, opposition activists have tried to bring full democracy to the city, believing that China would fulfill its promise to one day allow universal suffrage to elect the leader of Hong Kong. the city. On Friday (March 5), …