Vials with a sticker reading, "Covid-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only" and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Pfizer logo in this illustration taken Oct 31, 2020.Reuters Malaysia will procure an additional 12.8 million doses of coronavirus vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer and BioNTech in a bid to ramp up its...
A new paper suggests that vaccine makers using adenovirus vectors could modify the sequence of the spike protein.Reuters German researchers on Wednesday (May 26) said that based on laboratory research, they believed they have found the cause of the rare but serious blood-clotting events among some people who received Covid-19 vaccines made by AstraZeneca and Johnson...
Concerns remain rife about the safety of the 2020 Olympics.Reuters Japan pledged on Thursday (May 27) to keep in close contact with Olympic stakeholders at home and abroad to ensure a safe and secure Games even as it prepared to extend a state of emergency across much of the nation, including host city Tokyo. Concerns remain rife...
A nurse prepares a dose of China's Sinopharm coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine at a health center in Caracas, Venezuela, on March 7, 2021.Reuters Two Covid-19 vaccines from China's Sinopharm showed more than 70 per cent efficacy against symptomatic cases, but it remains unclear how much protection they provide against severe or asymptomatic cases, according to the...
A test tube labelled with the Vaccine is seen in front of AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken, on Sept 9, 2020.Reuters Malaysian health authorities on Monday (April 26) said the vaccine developed by AstraZeneca is safe for use, three days after the Southeast Asian nation received its first batch of the shots bought through the...
Travelling to China for filming two months ago, the cast and crew of Big White Duel 2 <白色強人II> finally finished their last scene. The cast had mixed emotions, feeling excited to see the project completed but also a bit sad saying goodbye to each other. Producer Marco Law (羅永賢) organized a wrap party and popped champagne bottles to celebrate. Despite...
Plans are now being made to move hundreds of workers to a quarantine facility.The Straits Times Another 11 workers staying at Westlite Woodlands dormitory have tested positive for Covid-19, including 10 who have recovered from the virus, said the Ministry of Manpower on Wednesday (April 21). This comes after a 35-year-old Bangladeshi worker staying at the purpose-built...
The Olympic rings are pictured in front of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters during the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in Lausanne, Switzerland, Feb 24, 2021.Reuters Taking a knee during the Tokyo Olympics or lifting a fist in support of racial equality will be punished as the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday (April 21) maintained its ban...
Local residents queue for a Covid-19 nasal swab test in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 8, 2021.Reuters In the lobby of Bangkok's Pullman Grande hotel, medical teams clad in full-body protective gear shuttle back and forth, greeting well-heeled coronavirus patients as they arrive by ambulance for treatment. About 250 rooms in the five-star hotel have been repurposed as...
Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says the Covid-19 emergency order has turned the country into a ‘dictatorship’.Reuters Malaysia’s former leader Mahathir Mohamad on Tuesday (April 20) urged the country’s king to revoke a Covid-19 state of emergency, saying the royal order – made in January on the advice of the government – was uncharacteristically turning the...
