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7:11 PM MYT Cargo containing pharmaceuticals, with a thermal blanket to maintain low temperatures, being loaded up a Singapore Airlines plane on Dec 5, 2020.- ST SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A critical part in the distribution of the temperature-sensitive Covid-19 vaccines, made by Moderna and Pfizer and BioNTech, is to ensure a specified temperature range is maintained. In Singapore, stringent checks are in place that ensure the cold chain for these vaccines is not compromised and that ...

SINGAPORE - A critical part in the distribution of the temperature-sensitive Covid-19 vaccines, made by Pfizer and BioNTech as well as Moderna, is to ensure a specified temperature range is maintained. In Singapore, stringent checks are in place that ensure the cold chain for these vaccines is not compromised and that the vaccines remain safe and effective, experts said on Thursday (Dec 17) during a Straits Times webinar on Covid-19 vaccination. Their assurance comes after the Government annou...

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 mouth, eyes or face, have difficulty breathing or experience a serious drop in blood pressure, said Associate Professor Lim Poh Lian, the director of the...

0 Engagements 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 series on the A-Z Of Covid-19 vaccines yesterday. "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, the director of the high-level isolati...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA 6 scientists in Singapore who have pivoted to Covid-19 related work [The Straits Times, Singapore / Asia News Network] Dec. 14—SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN) — Meet six scientists in Singapore who have pivoted away from their areas of expertise to Covid-19 related work. Prof Stephan Schuster: Analysing air and surface samples to find virus traces Professor Stephan Schuster is an environmental detective. Like his crime-solving counterparts, the professor at th...

Prof Stephan Schuster: Analysing air and surface samples to find virus traces PHOTO: NTU SINGAPORE Professor Stephan Schuster is an environmental detective. Like his crime-solving counterparts, the professor at the Nanyang Technological Universitys (NTU) School of Biological Sciences looks for what is unseen to the naked eye. This has come in useful during the Covid-19 pandemic, as humanity battles an invisible foe. His work involves taking samples from the air and surfaces, and analysing them...