China develops sewage monitoring technology to detect COVID-19 Delta variant

In Hong Kong, the sewage monitoring technology developed by the University of Hong Kong (HKU) multidisciplinary team led...

July 6, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Sri Lanka receives first batch of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines

A consignment of Pfizer vaccines arrived in Colombo on 5th July, the first batch of 800,000 doses to be delivered in the...

July 6, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Indian-US scientists work on pre-existing immunity in people unexposed to COVID-19

In a study published in the Nature journal, Scientific Reports, an international team of researchers from MedGenome...

July 5, 2021 | Monday | News
DHL Express delivers Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines to Malaysia

DHL Express has delivered the US government's donation of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The arrival of around 1,000,000 d...

July 5, 2021 | Monday | News
Scientists propose repurposing anti-malarial drug Mefloquine to fight COVID-19

Japanese scientists are scanning the possibility of using an anti-malarial drug called mefloquine....

July 2, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore to purchase Monoclonal Ab from GSK and Vir Bio to treat COVID-19

GlaxoSmithKline Singapore and Vir Biotechnology on June 30, 2021, announced an agreement with the Government of Singapor...

June 30, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Third APAC Psychiatry Symposium discusses treatment of mental disorders during COVID-19

At the third Asia Pacific (APAC) Psychiatry Symposium, held online on June 26, more than 1,000 psychiatrists, gener...

June 28, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore accelerates national vaccination programme

Singapore is accelerating its national vaccination programme, as it has been able to bring forward the delivery of the v...

June 25, 2021 | Friday | News
ADB approves loan worth $940 M for Bangladesh to purchase COVID-19 vaccines

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan package of $940 million for the Government of Bangladesh to purchas...

June 23, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine may face uptake challenges in US: GlobalData

Novavax has further demonstrated excellent results from its pivotal PREVENT-19 vaccine trial. Despite this positive data...

June 22, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Fujitsu Japan deploys world's fastest supercomputer for COVID-19 therapies

Fujitsu Japan has announced that it will initiate a new research project with a research team led by Japan's Resear...

June 22, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Taiwanese firm UBI-Asia inks COVID-19 vaccine deal with Paraguay

Vaxxinity, a US-based company pioneering the development of a new class of immunotherapeutic vaccines, in close collabor...

June 22, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Malaysia initiates robust Bioeconomy plans for post-pandemic economic recovery

Malaysian Bioeconomy Development Corporation (Bioeconomy Corporation) announces its commitment and full support to the N...

June 21, 2021 | Monday | News
Indonesia receives $500M from World Bank for vaccination programme

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors have approved a loan of $500 million to expand Indonesia's efforts t...

June 21, 2021 | Monday | News
Malaysia grants permission to COVID-19 test kit from China

Holista Colltech Ltd has been granted permission from the Medical Devices Authority (MDA) of Malaysia's Ministry of Heal...

June 19, 2021 | Saturday | News
Singapore advances ASEAN COVID-19 research collaboration

Image Caption: Zoom snapshot of the 11th Informal ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Science, Technology and Innovation (...

June 18, 2021 | Friday | News
Australia prefers Pfizer vaccine over AstraZeneca for age 59 and under

The Australian Government has received updated advice from the expert vaccine body, the Australian Technical Advisory Gr...

June 18, 2021 | Friday | News
Scientists in UK developing low cost, saliva-based COVID-19 test

Researchers are developing a rapid, low cost and mass manufacturable saliva-based biosensor test for COVID-19 inspired b...

June 16, 2021 | Wednesday | News
COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca effective against Delta (‘Indian') variant

New data from Public Health England (PHE) demonstrated COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca offers high levels of prot...

June 15, 2021 | Tuesday | News
G7 summit held in the UK pledges 870 M COVID-19 vaccine doses

In a landmark agreement at G7 summit, held in Cornwall, UK, global leaders have pledged to share COVID-19 vaccine doses ...

June 14, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore reviews occurrence of myocarditis and pericarditis in post-covid vaccination

The Expert Committee at Singapore government has been closely monitoring international reports that the second dose of m...

June 14, 2021 | Monday | News
Tabuk Pharma to commercialize Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine in Saudi Arabia

Moderna, Inc. and Tabuk Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Company (a fully owned subsidiary of Astra Industrial Group), ...

June 14, 2021 | Monday | News
Australia brings anti-COVID nasal spray Viraleze to India

India's vast population now has access to the Australian developed anti-COVID nasal spray Viraleze™ foll...

June 11, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore authorises four COVID-19 antigen rapid test self-use kits

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) in Singapore has granted interim authorisation for the following four antigen rapid ...

June 11, 2021 | Friday | News
WHO's regional directors discuss international mobility challenges of health professionals

Regional directors of the World Health Organisation for the Eastern Mediterranean, Europe and South-east Asia, Dr Ahmed ...

June 10, 2021 | Thursday | News