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2 recents variants causing concern are those first seen in Britain and South Africa.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

ST Podcasts of the week (Jan 18) Health Check Ep 52: Addressing Covid-19 vaccine safety with Prof Ooi Eng Eong (featuring Prof Ooi Eng Eong from the Duke-NUS Medical School) Asian Insider Ep 56: Trump’s presidency - how Asia will view his legacy (featuring Professor Kishore Mahbubani, Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute at NUS, Professor C Raja Mohan from NUS' Institute of South Asian Studies & Mr Ankit Panda from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) Lunch With Sumiko Ep 28: Opposition Leader & Workers' Party chief Pritam Singh #PopVultures Ep 39: GOT7 and lon...

20:14 mins Synopsis: This is a fortnightly podcast series on Wednesdays by The Straits Times and this episode is on the safety of Covid-19 vaccines. Much has been said about the safety and effectiveness of the Covid-19 vaccine frontrunners but there are still many people who are hesitant about taking the vaccine, mostly because they are unsure if it is truly safe. Our special guest is Prof Ooi Eng Eong from the Duke-NUS Medical School. He's the school’s principal investigator in the partnership with Arcturus Therapeutics to develop a self-replicating mRNA Covid-19 vaccine. Prof Ooi talks ab...

January 03, 2021 Professor Ooi Eng Eong said current control measures should suffice as the UK variant is still mainly spread through respiratory droplets. The Straits Times SINGAPORE - Measures for containing the spread of Covid-19 would still hold for the fast-spreading strain circulating in the United Kingdom which may show up in more cases here, unless it gets loose in the community, said infectious disease experts. So far there is one confirmed case with the more contagious B117 strain in Singapore, a 17-year-old Singaporean who arrived from Britain on Dec 6. There are at least 13 others...

Professor Ooi Eng Eong said current control measures should suffice as the UK variant is still mainly spread through respiratory droplets. - The Straits Times/Asian News Network SINGAPORE, Jan 2 (The Straits Times/ANN): Measures for containing the spread of Covid-19 would still hold for the fast-spreading strain circulating in the United Kingdom which may show up in more cases here, unless it gets loose in the community, said infectious disease experts. So far there is one confirmed case with the more contagious B117 strain in Singapore, a 17-year-old Singaporean who arrived f...