The preliminary data was from Phase I and II clinical trials involving over 500 people.Reuters Sinovac Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine appears to be safe and able to trigger immune responses among children and adolescents, according to preliminary results from early and mid-stage trials, the company said late on Monday (March 22). The preliminary data was from Phase I...
In case you missed it, the daughter of our Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, Khairin Afiqah, officially got married to her beau (known as Hazim) during the past weekend. The reception was held at the BoraOmbak Marina wedding hall in Putrajaya yesterday (Sunday, 21st March). TV personality, Ahmad Fedtri Yahya, took to his Instagram...
A worker in a hazmat suit disinfects a street as a preventive measure against the spread of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at a village in Manila, Philippines, March 19, 2021.Reuters The Philippines will expand tighter Covid-19 rules to include four provinces surrounding the capital Manila, and restrict travel to and from these areas for two weeks beginning...
A medical staff member works in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for Covid-19 patients at Pasteur hospital in Nice, France, on Feb 19, 2021.Reuters France saw the biggest one-day jump in coronavirus cases on Wednesday since its second lockdown in November and the government prepared to further tighten limits on people’s movement. The health ministry reported 38,501...
A family is seen in a shanty home in Tondo, Manila. The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic are especially severe in emerging parts of Southeast Asia.Reuters Jen Armado, a 32-year-old mother of two, was supposed to mark her 10th year as a secretary in a private school in Tanza, Cavite, a coastal town south of Metro...
Women wearing kimonos pose for a souvenir photo with blooming cherry blossoms in Kyoto. Instead of tarpaulins being laid out in the parks of Tokyo in anticipation of the arrival of the first cherry blossoms, crash barriers are being erected with signs warning that the annual revelries are prohibited as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The...
Being pregnant during this Covid-19 pandemic can be scary and difficult. Even more so when you serve on the frontlines. Dr. Yap Chong Fong learned in April last year, six months after getting married, that she would be a mother. However, she was apprehensive as she was serving in a government health clinic in Bukit Mertajam,...
Yesterday (Wednesday, 6th January), Malaysia reported a new record high of 2,593 Covid-19 cases. At this rate, is another Movement Control Order (MCO 2.0) inevitable? According to Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, our country’s healthcare system is at breaking point as daily cases are expected to rise even higher. True enough, Malaysia has...
About 2.7 million Chinese tourists visited Hubei, the province where Covid-19 first emerged, over the past week, according to state broadcaster CCTV. Images and videos that circulated online included thousands of largely mask-free visitors packed together at a pool party in Wuhan during a music festival that runs until the end of the month. When the park...
Nations that hoard possible Covid-19 vaccines while excluding others will deepen the pandemic, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday, issuing a last-ditch call for countries to join a global vaccine pact. The WHO has an Aug. 31 deadline for wealthier nations to join the “COVAX Global Vaccines Facility” for sharing vaccine...
