Singapore will next month accept visitors who use a mobile travel pass containing digital certificates for Covid-19 tests and vaccines, its aviation regulator said on Monday (April 5), becoming one of the first countries to adopt the initiative. Singapore will accept the International Air Transport Association (IATA) mobile travel pass for pre-departure checks, where travellers can...
Overall, about seven million people in Malaysia have registered for vaccination.Reuters The Johor state government will roll out a Covid-19 vaccination app aimed at Malaysians who commute between Malaysia and Singapore. Johor Menteri Besar Hasni Mohammad said in a Facebook post on Sunday (April 4) that for a start, 100,000 people are recommended to register for their vaccination...
The hunt for controversial trans figure Nur Sajat is still ongoing. Up until this day, the authorities have been focusing on tracking her down in order to bring her to justice. Most recently, the General Operations Force (PGA) Battallion 3 has distributed pictures of Sajat (full name Muhammad Sajjad Kamaruzzaman) at border control posts in an effort to...
The Pfizer candidate is a protease inhibitor that prevents the virus from replicating in cells.Reuters Pfizer has started an early-stage US trial of an oral Covid-19 antiviral therapy that could be prescribed to patients at the first sign of infection, the company said on Tuesday (March 23). The drugmaker, which developed the first authorised Covid-19 vaccine in...
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...
Under the new fund, individuals requiring extended hospitalisation due to a vaccine reaction will be eligible for RM50,000 (S$16,333).Reuters Malaysia on Monday (March 22) announced it had established a RM10 million (S$3.3 million) compensation fund to provide cash assistance for any Covid-19 vaccine recipients who suffer severe reactions due to inoculations. The South-east Asian country has inoculated...
Swabbing stations would be set up at UTown Residence on March 23, 2021. Residents of a hostel block at the National University of Singapore will need to be swabbed after traces of Covid-19 were detected in its wastewater. Staff and students were informed in a circular seen by The Straits Times on Monday night (March 22). Dr...
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...
Singapore is closely monitoring ongoing trials on the effect of Covid-19 vaccines on children.The Straits Times file Singapore is closely monitoring ongoing trials on the safety and effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines on children, and hopes to be able to certify and administer them on students here in the near future. For now, the vaccines that the Government...
YB Khairy Jamaluddin made history this week by becoming the first Malaysian to receive the Sinovac anti-Covid-19 vaccine on Thursday (18th March). One thing that caught the public’s attention, though, would be Khairy’s reaction half an hour after taking the jab. The Minister of Science, Technology and Information jokingly remarked that he has also improved his fluency...
