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TOKYO: Some Asian countries are rolling out early and more aggressive influenza vaccination programmes this year, seeking to reduce the potential of people contracting the flu and COVID-19 simultaneously, crippling healthcare systems. With a second or third wave of the coronavirus pandemic looming for many countries, tackling this year's flu season - typically December through February - has taken on increased urgency. In Japan, the health ministry is preparing 31.2 million flu shots, up 7 per cent from last year and the highest amount since 2015. Officials are also urging symptomatic patients to call medical hotlines before going for testing to avoid contagion at hospitals. READ: Flu vaccinations ‘even more important’ amid COVID-19, say doctors "We are going to focus our medical resources on the severely ill in anticipation of the seasonal influenza epidemic," Takeshi Enami, a Japanese health ministry official said last week after a meeting of disease experts. The World … [Read more...] about Asia offers more flu shots to head off COVID-19 complications

SINGAPORE: The Progress Singapore Party (PSP) would welcome Mr Lee Hsien Yang, should the brother of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong decide to join its ranks, its Secretary General Tan Cheng Bock said on Friday (Jul 26). But, Mr Tan added, Mr Lee would have to “adhere” to the party’s terms. “Lee Hsien Yang and I, we’re good friends,” said Mr Tan at a press conference held at Swissotel Merchant Court, where he was outlining the reasons for setting up his party . “I think you all have seen him walking around with me. And I must say is that if he wants to join me, he’s always free to join me. “As long as he must adhere to my PSP terms. Because many people think that he’s coming to join me because of his own personal agenda. “He must make clear what is his personal agenda ... If he ever joins, he must join on my terms.” READ: Tan Cheng Bock says new party will be 'unifying alternative' for Singapore Mr Lee, who has been seen in public with Dr Tan on more than one … [Read more...] about PSP would welcome Lee Hsien Yang as long as he sticks to party’s terms: Tan Cheng Bock

BEIJING: Global social distancing rules targeting coronavirus have pushed influenza infection rates to a record low, early figures show, signalling that the measures are having an unprecedented impact on other communicable diseases. In China, where the earliest wide-scale lockdown measures began, new reports of diseases including mumps, measles and some sexually transmitted diseases, have declined significantly, though influenza cases have seen the sharpest drop off. Infections reported monthly by the county's health ministry have dropped by over 90 per cent since the beginning of the lockdown, from an average of around 290,000 cases a month to 23,000. Canada's flu surveillance system also reported "exceptionally low levels" of influenza in a recent report, as did other countries that report weekly flu surveillance statistics including the UK and Australia. In its most recent weekly report, South Korea's infectious disease portal reported an 83 per cent decrease in cases from … [Read more...] about Seasonal flu reports hit record lows amid global social distancing

SINGAPORE: China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi will visit Singapore this week, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said in a press statement on Wednesday (Aug 19). Mr Yang, Director of China's Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs and a member of the Communist Party Politburo, will be in Singapore from Wednesday to Friday. This will be his first visit to Singapore in his current capacity, said MFA. He will call on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat. He will also be hosted to lunch by Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean and to breakfast by Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan. Mr Yang is also scheduled to visit South Korea on Friday and Saturday to meet the country's national security adviser Suh Hoon in Busan. … [Read more...] about China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi to visit Singapore: MFA

When Elizabeth Law visited Wuhan in the second week of January 2020, life on the streets seemed normal. She even felt self-conscious wearing a mask as she did not see anyone else donning one in the city. The Straits Times’ China correspondent shared her first-hand experience visiting China's Covid-19 outbreak epicentre before and after the lockdown in an [email protected] podcast with the paper’s foreign editor, Jeremy Au Yong. Missed our first podcast? Check it out here: https://www.straitstimes.com/askst/askstnlb-podcast-revisiting-wuhan-vignettes-from-chinas-covid-19-outbreak-epicentre Interested to read more about the coronavirus? Check out some of our eBooks and learning packages: E-books 1. 7 KEYS TO STAYING SANE DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS (2020) By Meg Meekfer E-book available at: https://nlb.overdrive.com/media/5416872 This book prescribes practical steps that every family can take to handle the stress of close quarters, separation from friends, and … [Read more...] about Wuhan after Covid-19 lockdown