Seoul -- South Korea's total number of novel coronavirus cases -- the largest outside China, where the disease first emerged -- approached 6,000 on Thursday as authorities reported 145 new infections.
The total stood at 5,766, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, with 35 deaths.
So far 36 countries...
SINGAPORE: Singapore on January 23 announced a confirmed case of the Wuhan virus.
In a media briefing on Thursday evening, the Ministry of Health said the patient is a 66-year-old Chinese man.
The Wuhan resident, who arrived in Singapore with his family on Jan 20, flew from Guangzhou via China Southern flight CZ351.
He...
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Despite the efforts of both the public and private healthcare sectors in digitizing their processes and services, there are still many challenges.
Healthcare digitization requires the participation and cooperation of all key stakeholders working within the value chain.
Unfortunately, this is not yet the case for the Philippines due to...
SHANGHAI, CHINA - Media OutReach - 3 February 2020 - Allianz (China) Insurance Holding Co. Ltd. announced today that the group's key institutions in mainland China and Allianz SE will jointly set up an emergency response fund to support China's fight against the coronavirus epidemic.
The initial pledge towards this fund is RMB 4...
Austal Limited (ASX:ASB) is pleased to announce that Austal Philippines has successfully launched Hull 419, a 109 metre high-speed catamaran ferry, from the company’s recently expanded Balamban shipyard in Cebu.
The vehicle-passenger ferry, to be known as FSTR, is the largest aluminium vessel ever launched in the Philippines – and...
The year will witness an increase in mobile malware and cybercriminals groups exploiting mobile devices and known threat groups using new attack methods and tools.
These are the key predictions of Kaspersky for the Asia Pacific (APAC) region.
Derived from the observations and findings collated by the global cybersecurity company’s Global...
LONDON (Reuters) - The bill implementing Britain’s exit deal with the European Union officially became law on Thursday ahead of the country’s departure from the bloc next week.
The legislation passed its final parliamentary stage on Wednesday, after more than three years of bitter wrangling over how, when and even...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian authorities are taking all its necessary steps to track down 4,000 participants of Sri Petaling mosque event for COVID-19 tests.
The Straits News team learning from a Bukit Aman police officer is urging the public to share or alert them if they notice anyone suspicious to be...
The World Health Organization (WHO) uses the term "public health emergency of international concern" (PHEIC) to refer to "an extraordinary event" concerning public health.
How does the WHO define a PHEIC?
There are two criteria to define an outbreak as such. Firstly, the outbreak must pose a risk to more than one...
