HONG KONG, Sep 23, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Deloitte Foundation Hong Kong has donated HKD1 million to support the Hong Kong SAR government’s Strive and Rise Programme, launched timely to address intergenerational poverty by helping underprivileged children, particularly those living in subdivided accommodation, realize their potential. In addition to a financial contribution,... » read more
HONG KONG, CHINA, Feb 19, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – With Hong Kong facing an onslaught from the fifth wave of the pandemic, the Deloitte Foundation today launches a program to donate much-needed anti-epidemic supplies to support frontline workers, low-income families, under-privileged children, and the elderly. The Foundation has so far procured over... » read more
LONDON (REUTERS) – Chelsea’s Romelu Lukaku, Timo Werner, Callum Hudson-Odoi and the injured Ben Chilwell have tested positive for Covid-19 while Kai Havertz is unwell, manager Thomas Tuchel said ahead of their Premier League home match against Everton later on Thursday (Dec 16). “Kai feels unwell, he’s not positive yet but we’re waiting for test... » read more
LONDON (AFP) – Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said he believes taking the coronavirus vaccine is about “solidarity, loyalty and togetherness” as he revealed his whole squad has been at least double vaccinated. From Wednesday (Dec 15), fans in the Premier League will have to show proof of vaccination or a negative test result in the... » read more
LONDON (AFP, REUTERS) – Antonio Conte on Wednesday (Dec 15) spoke of the “big problem” managers will face in future after confirming Tottenham Hotspur’s Premier League clash at Leicester City today will go ahead as scheduled, following two postponed matches due to a Covid-19 outbreak in his camp. Spurs’ Europa Conference League game against Rennes... » read more
SINGAPORE – More than 300,000 children aged five to 11 will progressively be able to book their Covid-19 vaccination appointments from next week, if the delivery of the paediatric doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech/Comirnaty vaccine arrives as scheduled. The vaccination exercise will start from the end of December for the older children in Primary 3 to... » read more
SINGAPORE – Children from five to 11 years old will be able to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech/Comirnaty Covid-19 vaccine from the end of the month. Vaccination for this group will begin once new batches of the vaccine are received, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in a statement on Friday (Dec 10) night. Those aged between... » read more
LONDON (AFP) – Tottenham’s Premier League game at Brighton on Sunday has been postponed due to a severe coronavirus outbreak at the north London club. Eight Tottenham players and five staff members have tested positive for the virus, forcing the postponement of Thursday’s (Dec 9) Europa Conference League tie against Rennes. Tottenham asked Premier League... » read more
LONDON (REUTERS) – Tottenham Hotspur’s Europa Conference League game at home to Stade Rennais on Thursday (Dec 9) will not go ahead as planned, Uefa has announced, after a Covid-19 outbreak at the Premier League club. Spurs said on Wednesday the match had been called off after manager Antonio Conte confirmed that there had been... » read more
LONDON (REUTERS) – Seven Leicester City players have not travelled to Italy for Thursday’s Europa League game against Napoli because of Covid-19 or illness, manager Brendan Rodgers said. Leicester are top of Group C in the second-tier European competition with eight points from five matches. The Premier League club will be through to the last... » read more
SINGAPORE – Shops at the airport terminals and those at Jewel Changi Airport mall are starting to see some signs of life again, bolstered by the easing of social restrictions and the launch of vaccinated travel lanes (VTLs). But the looming threat of the Omicron variant has some retail staff concerned, even though there has not... » read more
SINGAPORE – Queues formed outside libraries on Wednesday (Dec 1) – the first day that vaccination-differentiated safe management measures kicked in at these locations. When The Straits Times visited Bishan Public Library at 10am, a counter had been set up at the entrance for staff to check the inoculation status of patrons. A queue of... » read more
BEIJING (AFP) – China warned on Tuesday (Nov 30) that the fast-spreading Omicron Covid-19 variant would cause challenges in hosting next February’s Winter Olympics in Beijing. Although China has largely quashed the coronavirus within its borders through travel restrictions and snap lockdowns, recurrent domestic outbreaks linked to the Delta variant have put the authorities on... » read more
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – The Munster rugby team, stranded in South Africa, have discovered nine more coronavirus cases in their ranks, the Irish province said on Tuesday (Nov 30). They will join one other team member in a quarantine hotel in Cape Town until the end of their isolation period. The Irish government has already said... » read more
SINGAPORE – Countries that have been agile and able to scale up their responses to national level, as well as react quickly to the shifting circumstances of the Covid-19 pandemic, have likely fared well thus far. The measure of a nation’s pandemic preparedness can no longer be defined by static benchmarks – such as the... » read more
BERLIN (AFP) – Unvaccinated Bayern Munich midfielder Joshua Kimmich returned to house quarantine on Friday (Nov 19) after having private contact with someone who tested positive for Covid-19, ruling him out of at least the next two games. Bundesliga leaders Bayern confirmed the news on Friday, when Kimmich sat out their Bundesliga match at Augsburg.... » read more
LONDON (AFP) – Eddie Howe will miss what should have been his first match as Newcastle manager, at home to Brentford in the Premier League on Saturday, after testing positive for Covid-19. “I’m very disappointed that I won’t be there with you all at St James’ Park tomorrow, but it is incredibly important that I... » read more
SINGAPORE – Covid-19 patients who are unvaccinated by choice and end up in the intensive care unit (ICU) could be looking at a bill of around $25,000 before subsidies. With subsidies, the amount payable is significantly lower, the Ministry of Health (MOH) told The Straits Times. The $25,000 is the median acute hospital bill size for... » read more
TOKYO, Nov 4, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that it launches the “Open Network Lab BioHealth Dementia Innovation Challenge (Onlab Bio Dementia)”, a collaborative cultivation program jointly implemented with Digital Garage, Inc., with the aim of contributing to solving issues related to dementia and starts recruiting startups for... » read more