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Under Level 3 (High), people should ensure they are fully vaccinated before travelling to the destination. . Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

Singapore reported 750 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the total tally to 286,397. Of the new cases, 263 were local cases and 487 were imported cases, according to statistics ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Thailand's Sadom Kaewkanjana, coming off the back of an inspired second half of 2021, is approaching the Asian Tour's Singapore International, which starts Thursday, and next week's ... ( read original story ...)

Pfizer Inc. is developing a hybrid vaccine that combines its original shot with a formulation that shields against the omicron variant. A new study showed high levels of protective immune cells that ... ( read original story ...)

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday reclassified its travel advisory for Singapore to high level of Covid-19, less than a week after the agency declared the level of the ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore last year registered 802 deaths due to the coronavirus, out of which 247 were fully vaccinated people ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore saw the fewest deaths among those with the Moderna Inc. shot and the most among those with Sinovac Biotech Ltd.’s vaccine ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's Health Minister Ong Ye Kung has said that 30 per cent of coronavirus deaths last year were fully vaccinated. Citing the Omicron's higher transmissibility, he also said that Singapore can ... ( read original story ...)

Fully vaccinated individuals accounted for 30 per cent of Singapore's total COVID-19 related deaths last year, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said in Parliament on Monday. ( read original story ...)

The bulk of the imported cases were citizens, permanent residents and long-term pass holders returning home. . Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

Most of the vaccinated individuals, who died from Covid-19 related complications, had received non-mRNA vaccines, according to crude incidence rates of deaths provided by Ong. ( read original story ...)

No serious adverse events have been reported among children aged five to 11 who got the Pfizer-BioNTech jab, authorities said ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore can expect an infection wave due to Omicron “several times larger” than the one caused by Delta, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said in Parliament on Monday as he cited the latest variant’s ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s autonomous universities are committed to safeguarding academic freedom for their faculty and students, and their academics do not “shy away” from politically sensitive topics, ... ( read original story ...)

Ong, in comments made in parliament today, detailed statistics from the 247 deaths recorded among fully vaccinated individuals last year. The statistics signalled mRNA vaccines possibly offer higher ... ( read original story ...)

Once COVID-19 cases start to rise steeply, Singapore could see 3,000 Omicron infections within a couple of weeks, says Ong Ye Kung. ( read original story ...)