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Procurement of vaccines for emergency use halted
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/11/2022
» The Ministry of Public Health has announced the cancellation of the procurement of Covid-19 vaccines for emergency use.
Seven nations removed from Covid-19 watchlist
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/07/2022
» The Ministry of Public Health has revoked its previous declaration of seven countries as Covid-19 danger zones, citing an improvement in the pandemic situation and the global vaccination coverage against coronavirus.
Govt ups monkeypox alert level
Gary Boyle, Published on 26/05/2022
» Monkeypox is now classified as a communicable disease that requires close surveillance.
Gates Questions Musk's Goals for Twitter, Approach to Misinformation
Business, Published on 06/05/2022
» Bill Gates said that he isn't sure of Elon Musk's motives in buying Twitter Inc. and that social media must play a role in curbing the spread of misinformation.
Covid lessons for cholera handling
Oped, Published on 04/05/2022
» Since Covid-19 engulfed the world two years ago, "unprecedented" has become something of a buzzword. But while the coronavirus has posed unique challenges at a time of deep global interconnectedness, pandemics are nothing new. The Covid-19 pandemic is not even the only one we are currently experiencing. In much of the developing world, cholera outbreaks are proliferating.
Deltacron on the move
Gary Boyle, Published on 24/03/2022
» Thailand on Wednesday reported 73 cases of the Deltacron variant, a hybrid of the Delta and Omicron strains of the new coronavirus, and all patients had fully recovered.
Concerns over vaccine
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 14/01/2021
» The Ministry of Public Health has requested further information about the vaccine it has ordered from China following a report it might not be as effective as first thought.
Tracking the path of the virus
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 29/12/2020
» From an animal market in Wuhan, to the spread of the novel coronavirus on board the Diamond Princess, to Seoul's nightclub scene, the virus has still not stopped wreaking havoc on the world's population. Just last week, the first case of Covid-19 was reported in Antarctica at a Chilean research station.
A year like no other
Asia focus, Published on 28/12/2020
» In a world under siege from a relentless virus, Asia's resilience was tested to the utmost. Asia Focus staff look back at key events
Govt refuses to talk
Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/10/2020
» Re: "No 'peace and order' at all", (Editorial, Oct 14).