Singapore Update – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed Singapore’s acceptance of pre-departure COVID-19 PCR test results on the IATA Travel Pass.

Singaporeans can choose vaccination centre for Pfizer or Moderna shots: Report

People in Singapore who are eligible to get COVID-19 vaccination can choose from the list of centres administering either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna shots, according to media reports. The two vaccines are administered in separate locations across the city-state.

Inoculated Indian national among 20 new COVID-19 cases reported in Singapore

Coronavirus update: A 23-year-old Indian national with a work permit who had received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine was the sole locally transmitted case among 20 infections confirmed yesterday in Singapore.

Indian Health Minister meets with state-level counterparts, addresses recent spike in COVID cases

Indian Health Minister meets with state-level counterparts, addresses recent spike in COVID cases. During his meeting, Dr Harsh Vardhan said that 80 per cent of COVID-19 cases in Punjab have the UK variant of the virus.

Singapore set to accept IATA’s COVID digital travel pass from next month

Singapore News: Singapore will accept visitors who use a mobile travel pass containing digital certificates for COVID-19 tests and vaccines from next month, its aviation regulator said, becoming one of the first countries to adopt the initiative.

Bollywood stars who have tested COVID-positive recently

The second wave of the coronavirus has affected several Bollywood actors. Here is the list of Bollywood stars who have tested COVID-positive recently.

Singapore workers to return to work with staggered work hours, 75 pc capacity

Staggered hours have been the norm at some firms in Singapore, as companies prepare for employees who are currently working from home to return to the workplace from today

Singapore’s COVID safety measures a big part of its human rights report to the UN

Even as the latest safety measures were announced for the Easter weekend and the parliament is set to discuss a digital vaccine passport system next week, Singapore’s handling of the pandemic makes up a big part of its national human rights report to the United Nations (UN).

India has provided 64 million vaccine doses to 84 countries: Dr Harsh Vardhan

61 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have already been administered in India, while the country has given 64 million doses to 84 nations under various programmes, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said yesterday.

About Category: Corona Virus/Covid-19

Official names have been announced for the virus responsible for COVID-19 (previously known as “2019 novel coronavirus”) and the disease it causes. The official names are: COVID-19 and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, SARS-CoV-2