22 November 2022
By continuing to track and monitor infectious disease outbreaks, we can stay one step ahead of the next epidemic or pandemic.
Tag: coronavirus
13 November 2022
The pandemic gave health diplomacy its stiffest test. While there were successes, geopolitical power games resulted in failures.
9 November 2022
The Covid-19 outbreak could have decimated China’s reputation. Here's why it didn’t.
7 November 2022
The top three recommendations from the global Delphi consensus study focus on whole-of-society action and maintaining, or in some cases returning, to a vaccine-plus approach.
31 October 2022
Four local XBB cases have been detected in Malaysia as Covid infections begin increasing; MOH recommends that those aged 18 and older get a second Covid booster shot six months after the first. Pfizer’s bivalent vaccine is expected to arrive in November.
28 October 2022
Covid-19 overtook heart disease as Malaysia’s principal cause of death in 2021 and was the leading cause of maternal death (57%) and people aged 15 to 40 years (21%); a bigger percentage of adults aged below 60 died from Covid than senior citizens.
25 October 2022
Singapore's HSA has granted interim authorisation of a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech original/ Omicron BA.4-5-adapted bivalent vaccine for individuals aged 12 years and older.
18 October 2022
Regenerative tourism is the next step in sustainable travel and food can play a major role in it.
17 October 2022
Pacific Island people were resilient when tourism halted. Now that it’s reopening, the world could learn from what they want.
6 October 2022
While traditional tourism has been the mainstay for many economies, smart tourism is the way forward post-Covid.