Singapore – The impending Omicron wave in Singapore might reach 15,000 cases per day, which is many times higher than the Delta wave, which peaked at roughly 5,000 cases per day last year. At a press conference on Wednesday (Jan 5), Associate Professor Kenneth Mak, director of medical services at the Ministry of Health (MOH), said that this is comparable …

Malaysia – According to Khairy Jamaluddin, a Susceptible-Exposed-Infected-Recovered (SEIR) epidemiological prediction model forecasts that if the rate of infection (R0) rises to 1.6, Malaysia might have 30,000 Covid-19 cases each day by the end of March. Then it would surpass Malaysia’s previous single-day high of 24,599 set in August of last year. In a news conference held recently, the health minister …

Singapore – Strict border restrictions are no longer particularly important as Singapore adjusts to life with Covid-19, according to Health Minister Ong Ye Kung, which is why borders are reopening despite the fact that individuals are not permitted to meet in groups greater than two. During a press briefing on Saturday (Oct 23), Ong, co-chair of the national Covid-19 task …

Minister of Health Khairy Jamaluddin said that he had ceased using the phrase “herd immunity” in reference to Malaysia’s Covid-19 immunization goal. He noted that the phrase is no longer relevant due to the fast spread of the Delta strain but stressed that the government remains committed to increasing vaccine coverage for public safety. During his ministerial winding-up in the …

The effect of pandemic has been really intense around the world especially ib the Philippines. A lot of business has been affected and loss is unimaginable. And unexpectedly, Philippine Airlines petitioned for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States to seek after a bank upheld rebuilding plan that means to cut obligation by more than $2 billion and diminish its …

Until recently, Vietnam’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak has been an extraordinary success story. Once the scope of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan was known in January 2020, significant outbreaks in other Asian countries were predicted. When Vietnam was one among the first nations to report human-to-human transmission, it was thought that a large-scale outbreak was unavoidable. Vietnam, on the …

The Philippines is presently at “high danger” for COVID-19 as Covid contaminations keep on rising.Under about fourteen days prior, the Philippines was at “moderate” hazard grouping. In a preparation, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the nation recorded a positive fourteen day development pace of 47%. The normal day by day assault rate (ADAR) from July 26 to August 8 …

Surprisingly, 10.7 million out of 109 million filipinos in the population have been completely immunized since the life-saving pokes were first carried out in March, the National Task Force Against COVID-19 which was highlighted to  update the race of immunization in the country. This is comparable to 9.81% of Filipinos. Another 12.49 million 11.45% of the populace have accepted their …

OCTA Research called for “circuit-breaking” lockdowns as it said a flood in COVID-19 contaminations has started in Metro Manila where the exceptionally contagious Delta variation might be playing a factor. The call came as specialists distinguish more instances of the Delta with neighborhood transmission and as President Rodrigo Duterte cautioned Monday a re-visitation of the lockdowns of 2020 is conceivable. …

The developer of CoronaVac Covid-19 vaccine, the Sinovac Biotech Ltd asserted that their vaccine is also effective against the Delta variant. The company spokesperson Liu Peicheng defended that despite having no concrete data on its protective effect as of the moment, their vaccine’s efficacy has been proven in Brazil, Indonesia, Chile and Turkey as these countries are where the vaccine …