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- Advertisement - Singapore — It’s the time of the year for panettone! Workers’ Party leader Pritam Singh has shared that a resident from his Eunos ward of Aljunied GRC dropped-off the sweet bread for the volunteer team at a Meet-the-People Session (MPS). In a Facebook post on Monday (Dec 21), Mr Singh said: “Until Jamus Lim introduced panettone into the political lexicon of Singapore on 11 Nov 2020, I, like a fair few Singaporeans I hazard, had no idea what it was.” In November, Asso...

Key workers set to be top of list in phase two of vaccine roll out Bus drivers, teachers and supermarket staff may be immunised after the most vulnerable 30 December 2020 • 6:10pm Bus workers may be prioritised after concerns over high infection rates Credit: Henry Nicholls/Reuters Key workers and those in customer-facing jobs may be next in line for Covid-19 vaccination once the 25 million most vulnerable Britons have been inoculated, a senior government adviser suggested on Wednesday. Spea...

Dont focus on herd immunity, vaccination should be comprehensive: COVID-19 panel expert Toggle share menu Advertisement Dont focus on herd immunity, vaccination should be comprehensive: COVID-19 panel expert Associate Professor Lim Poh Lian, an infectious diseases outbreak expert, dressed in personal protective equipment. (Photo courtesy of A/Prof Lim) 28 Dec 2020 10:25AM) Share this content Bookmark SINGAPORE: Rather than aim for a certain percentage of the pop...

December 18, 2020 Determining whether a vaccine is safe for certain groups of people needs to be guided by data from vaccine studies. The Straits Times SINGAPORE - There are some groups of people who should wait to receive a Covid-19 vaccine, including those with a history of severe allergic reactions, said a panel of experts on Thursday (Dec 17). Serious allergies usually refer to people who, in response to a specific stimulus such as a bee sting or medication, experience swelling around the m...

SINGAPORE - A Covid-19 vaccination is not risk-free, but the risk is small, and a person in fact puts himself, his loved ones and society at higher risk by not getting a jab, experts said at a Straits Times Reset webinar, The A-Z of Covid-19 vaccine, on Thursday (Dec 17). "Its not a matter of saying, if I do nothing, were okay. The weighing is really not between the vaccine and nothing, but the vaccine and the disease," said Associate Professor Lim Poh Lian, director of the high-level isolati...

A Covid-19 vaccination is not risk-free, but the risk is small, and a person in fact puts himself, his loved ones and society at higher risk by not getting a jab, experts said yesterday at a webinar on the A-Z of Covid-19 vaccines, part of the Straits Times Reset series. “It’s not a matter of saying, if I do nothing, we’re okay. The weighing is really not between the vaccine and nothing, but the vaccine and the disease,” said Associate Professor Lim Poh Lian, director of the high-level ...

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): There are some groups of people who should wait to receive a Covid-19 vaccine, including those with a history of severe allergic reactions, said a panel of experts on Thursday (Dec 17). Serious allergies usually refer to people who, in response to a specific stimulus such as a bee sting or medication, experience swelling around the mouth, eyes or face, have difficulty breathing or experience a serious drop in blood pressure, said Associate Professor Lim Poh Li...

Very high levels of vaccine uptake are needed to completely stop transmission of coronavirus, MSPs have been warned. Professor Wei Shen Lim, of the UK Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), said around 70% to 80% of the population need to be immunised in order for the UK to reach “herd immunity”. Another JCVI member said it is difficult to say when this point will be reached, but it will not be in the early part of 2021. A number of experts involved in the vaccinati...

SINGAPORE - It is not new for vaccinations to have indemnity and no-fault compensation mechanisms in place to protect both the individuals and companies, while allowing millions to have access to the vaccines. This looks set to be applied to Covid-19 vaccines as well, with Pfizer obtaining indemnity from the British government against any incidents as countries worldwide start securing the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for their people. Singapore Association of Pharmaceutical Industries pres...

The Straits Times Stringent checks here keep cold chain intact: Experts Assurance comes after Govt announcement of plans to roll out Covid-19 vaccines in Spore (From left) Mr Ashish Pal, managing director for Merck Sharp & Dohme in Singapore and Malaysia; Associate Professor Lim Poh Lian, director of the high-level isolation unit at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases; Professor Ooi Eng Eong from Duke-NUS Medical School; and The Straits Times senior health correspondent Salma Khalik at ...