by Bhaswati Guha Majumder - May 26, 2021 03:34 PM
The breath analysis system
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All a person needs to do is blow into a one-way valve mouthpiece attached to a breath sampler.
An easy-to-use breath test that can detect Covid-19 within a minute has received provisional authorisation from Singaporeâs Health Sciences Authority (HSA).
Developed by Breathonix Pte Ltd, a spin-off company from the National University of Singapore (NUS), this is the first breath analysis system to secure provisional authorisation in the country.
The testâBreFence Go Covid-19 Breath Test Systemâworks almost like a standard breathalyzer test that police officers use to identify drink and drive cases.
Singapore approves storage of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at refrigerator temperatures
Thursday, May 27th 2021
Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority (HSA) announced approval for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to be saved at refrigerator temperatures – between two and eight degrees Celsius – for as much as 31 days.
Singapore has permitted two COVID-19 vaccines to be used, made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. Both vaccines require two doses. Photo courtesy: Twitter/@leehsienloong
The new storage situation will drastically facilitate the transportation and native distribution of the vaccine to vaccination centres, in addition to their storage and use at the centres, an HSA press release stated.
This is vital in making certain the “regular progress” of the nation’s vaccination programme, it mentioned.
SINGAPORE, May 25 The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) today (May 25) approved the storage of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines at refrigerator temperatures for up to a month, a move it said will greatly ease the transporting and distribution of doses to vaccination centres. Thawed and undiluted.
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A healthcare worker holds up a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Tanjong Pagar Community Centre on Jan 27, 2021. (Photo: Jeremy Long)
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SINGAPORE: Singapore s Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has given its approval for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to be stored at refrigerator temperatures – between 2 and 8 degrees Celsius – for up to 31 days.
The new storage condition will greatly facilitate the transportation and local distribution of the vaccine to vaccination centres, as well as their storage and use at the centres, HSA said in a press release on Tuesday (May 25).
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