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New Covid-19 cluster at Singapore s Marina Bay Sands Casino with 11 cases; 2 markets to shut

Marina Bay Sands Casino will be closed to all members of the public from July 22 to Aug 5, 2021.- ST FILE SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): There are two new Covid-19 clusters at markets in Clementi and Whampoa linked to the Jurong Fishery Port cluster, and a new cluster at the Marina Bay Sands Casino, said the Ministry of Health (MOH). In its daily update on Wednesday night (July 21), MOH said it has detected 22 Covid-19 cases among people who worked in or visited Clementi 448 Market and Food Centre, and 12 cases at Whampoa Drive Market. Both markets will be closed to the public from Thursday (July 22) to Aug 5 to break the chain of transmission and enable deep cleaning of the premises, MOH said.

China to soon approve mRNA Covid-19 vaccine

BEIJING (The Straits Times/ANN): China s drug regulator is set to give the green light for the first foreign-made mRNA vaccine. Shanghai-based Fosun Pharma said the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) recently completed an expert panel review of an mRNA Covid-19 vaccine co-developed between the company and German firm BioNTech. Named BNT162b2, the vaccine is internationally known as the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, or by its brand name, Comirnaty, which is being administered in many countries around the world, including Singapore. In China, it is referred to as the Fosun-BioNTech vaccine. Last week, Fosun said BNT162b2 was now undergoing an administrative review, and company chairman Wu Yifang told a shareholders meeting that the drugmaker was targeting to start domestic trial production by the end of August.

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