Hong Kong to test all residents three times for coronavirus in March
Health authorities have warned that an exponential growth of infection numbers is expected every three days.
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S’pore sees new high of over 26,000 Covid-19 cases; public urged to visit hospitals only for emergencies
To help spread out the patient load at private clinics, the operating hours of Public Health Preparedness Clinics (PHPCs) will be extended from Feb 25 to March 10.
10 children had serious side effects after Covid-19 jab: Health Sciences Authority
Serious side effects include seizures, appendicitis, drops in blood pressure, allergic reactions, abnormal kidney function and swelling of small blood vessels.
Fears of infection among several members of Thai Committee fighting Covid-19
Members of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration were deemed at risk of contracting the virus after the Bangkok governor attended a key meeting with them following…
Pricing of Vietnamese-produced molnupiravir to be decided this week
If the pricing is approved, people could begin to buy the drug by the end of the week.
Phuket wants to be pilot province where Covid is an endemic
The province has requested permission to reduce quarantine time for Covid-19 patients from the current 10 days.
Fake news about govt vaccine programme is causing panic, says Thai ministry
The evidence includes a sound clip of a Public Health Ministry meeting that makes it seem as though the government is concealing information.
Hong Kong govt secures 4,400 hotel rooms for isolation as Covid-19 infections mount
The scheme aims to provide accommodation to isolate people who test positive for COVID-19 but have no or mild symptoms.
S. Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases surpass 90,000
With the cases rising by more than 30,000 in a day, the government issued an apology for failing to control a spiraling omicron variant outbreak.
Pandemic’s end predicted for 2023
A team of analysts from Lanzhou University estimates that the pandemic is likely to end globally in late 2023, with infections worldwide reaching at least 750 million.