COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus: quest for mutant-quelling vaccines begins as multiple new variants run rampant
Just weeks into the roll-out of vaccines to combat Covid-19, researchers are shifting their focus to a new class of potential shots to take on the threat posed by fast-spreading…
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#TakeUsBackToChina: a plea from Indian medical students, as coronavirus lockout, fraying ties intervene
Medical student Ahmed Suhail, 22, returned to India on an evacuation flight from Wuhan, China, last February when the coronavirus broke out and the city was placed under complete lockdown.…
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Could lockdown relight our love for Valentine’s Day? | Jess Cartner-Morley
With shops and restaurants closed in the UK, we can free 14 February from commercialisation and take it back to basics Valentine’s Day can feel like the most heartless of…
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Coronavirus: all origin theories still on the table, WHO chief says
All theories about the origins of the virus that causes Covid-19 are still under investigation, the head of the World Health Organization said on Friday after international researchers wrapped up…
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Coronavirus: Lunar New Year fortune stick ‘sounds alarm’ for Hong Kong government, as officials warned against wrong steps, policy indecision
A rural leader has drawn a prophecy urging the Hong Kong government to be more decisive when formulating policies, warning that a Lunar New Year fortune stick has sounded an…
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Coronavirus: US hospitals grapple with millions of counterfeit N95 masks
Scores of counterfeit 3M respirators have slipped past US investigators in recent months, making it to the cheeks and chins of health care workers and perplexing experts who say their…
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Fitness mirrors: we try the Kara Mirror, with classes including yoga, Pilates, kick-boxing and core
I’m standing in front of a full-length mirror in a hotel room which has had the bed and furnishings ripped out and replaced with a treadmill, weights and a large…
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Why inflation risks are the last thing investors should worry about right now
All of a sudden, everyone seems to be on high alert for the return of inflation. A sharp rise in consumer prices risks sparking a disorderly sell-off in bond markets…
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Can Asia’s nightclubs survive coronavirus?
Before the coronavirus pandemic, Zouk, one of Singapore’s oldest and most elaborate nightspots, easily attracted at least 3,000 partygoers a night. Now it sees only 150 patrons every evening and…
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Coronavirus: US Pentagon approves 20 more military vaccination teams
The Pentagon has approved the deployment of 20 more military vaccination teams that will be prepared to go out to communities around the country, putting the department on pace to…