Singapore Has Launched A Public Consultation On Preventive Care Reform

Singapore's government has begun public consultations to garner opinion on its proposal to shift the country away from curative hospital care and toward preventive care.

The country's "Healthier SG" policy, introduced in Parliament last March by Health Minister Ong Ye ...

THAILAND VIROLOGIST SUGGESTS PREVENTING THE VIRUS THROUGH STRINGENT MEASURES

HIGHLIGHTS

• The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration announced stricter measures at places like markets, religious places, parks, and entertainment venues

The order needs operators of each location to provide health measures to a group of workers...

NSW DIGITAL DIALOG SERIES HAS LOT OF LESSONS FOR POST-COVID HEALTHCARE

HIGHLIGHTS

• HIMSS Australia Digital Dialog Series seventh episode had a lot of learnings on healthcare in these gloomy times.

It was facilitated by Tim Kelsey Senior Vice President of HIMSS Analytics International in the presence of many guest s...

JAPAN DENIES ENTRY TO CRUISE SHIPS PASSENGERS AS A PREVENTIVE MEASURE

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• Japan denies entry to cruise ships from Hong Kong and Taiwan
• Super Star Aquarius and Westerdam were both denied entry by Japanese Port Authority

The new Cabinet Ministry in Japan is coming up with preventive measures for ...

CORONAVIRUS BOOSTS JAPANESE DISPOSABLE FACE MASKS MANUFACTURING

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• Shops have reported radical increase in face masks after coronavirus outbreak
• The manufacturing sector has seen a boost of over 4 billion per year

Japan has increased its demand for the disposable masks. While citizens ge...

PREVENTIVE AND SAFETY MEASURES AGAINST THE WUHAN CORONA VIRUS

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• WHO releases precautionary measures to prevent Corona virus
• 80 people have already been killed due to this virus

With the Corona Virus, mutating and infecting people at a frightening rate, governments across the world ar...

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER SUSPECTED IN JAPAN

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• Classical swine fever already confirmed, ASF being suspected in piggeries
• All piggeries within 3 km radius of the affected site will have to cull their livestock
• No vaccine available for SAF

Okinawa prefecture ...