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December 30, 2020 Reuters file BEIJING/SINGAPORE - An affiliate of China’s state-owned drug maker Sinopharm said on Wednesday its Covid-19 vaccine showed 79.34per cent efficacy and it has requested regulatory approval of the shot, moving a step closer to become China’s first approved vaccine for general public use. The efficacy rate, based on an interim analysis of Phase III clinical trials, is lower than 86per cent rate for the same vaccine announced by the United Arab Emirates on Dec. 9,...

Posted on 3643 Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ARCT)reported approval from the Singapore Health Sciences Authority to commence its Phase 2 clinical study of its vaccine candidate ARCT-021.  The study will utilize its favorable phase ½ study results, including supportive preclinical data.  “We are pleased to advance ARCT-021 into a Phase 2 study based upon our promising Phase 1/2 data, which continues to support the ...

Amid growing concerns about a new strain of the coronavirus surfacing here, experts have said measures now in place, such as wearing masks and social distancing, are sufficient to combat its spread.

SINGAPORE - Amid growing concerns about a new strain of the coronavirus surfacing here, experts have said measures now in place, such as wearing masks and social distancing, are sufficient to combat its spread. Two new strains of the disease have been discovered, in Britain and South Africa. Malaysia's Health Ministry has also identified a new strain from samples taken...

Amid growing concerns about a new strain of the coronavirus surfacing here, experts have said measures now in place, such as wearing masks and social distancing, are sufficient to combat its spread.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

FRONT-LINE FIGHTERS AGAINST COVID-19 There were mixed reactions when the virus hit early in the year - some people were wary, others complacent - but an army of front-liners had been gearing up behind the scenes to keep Singapore safe. When cases began to rise, healthcare workers were ready. They had been trained to use personal protective wear and ensure good hygiene practices to reduce the chances of infection. Other essential staff continued to show up at work to keep things running, despite...

The Straits Times ST Singaporean of the Year 2020: Frontline heroes an inspiration to many Mr Benson Ng joined the Health Promotion Board as a swabber as he felt compelled to join the frontliners after his father contracted Covid-19 in early-2020.ST PHOTO: CHONG JUN LIANG Mr Abdul Wahab Bin Hassan is a Nurse Clinician at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases.ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI Professor Leo Yee-Sin, executive director of the National Centre for Infectious Diseases on Dec 14, 2020.ST PHO...

Front-liners in the battle against Covid-19 in Spore Mr Abdul Wahab, a nurse clinician in NCIDs ICU, had refrained from visiting his elderly mother this year but did not expect she would die last month after developing heart failure. He saw her just three times this year.ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI Mr Benson Ng felt compelled to sign up in May to be a swabber for Covid-19 tests, after seeing how ill his father became when he was infected with the coronavirus. His father was hospitalised for two weeks....

SINGAPORE - When the Covid-19 outbreak began in January, Mr Abdul Wahab, 54, a nurse clinician in the intensive care unit (ICU) at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) refrained from visiting his elderly mother so as not to expose her to the virus. He looked forward to hugging her once it ended. When his mother developed heart failure in October, he was stuck between wanting to be by her side, and keeping her safe from anything that might be on him. But he did not expect that she ...

SINGAPORE - People serving stay-home notices (SHN) are isolated to prevent them from transmitting the disease to anyone else should they have Covid-19. Experts said there are various ways this could have happened. Professor Ooi Eng Eong of the Duke-NUS Medical School, who specialises in emerging infectious diseases and microbiology, suggested hotel-based transmission be investigated and standard operating procedures should be audited for compliance. In its statement on Saturday (Dec 19), the Mi...