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Researchers at an Arcturus Therapeutics laboratory in San Diego, California. The American pharmaceutical firm is working with Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore on a potential Covid-19 vaccine. Preliminary findings for the vaccine, dubbed Lunar-Cov19, indicate positive responses in both safety and human immune response, said Arcturus. The vaccine could be effective as a single dose.
PHOTO: REUTERS
THE BIG STORY
From next Tuesday night, travellers from higher-risk areas will have to take a polymerase chain reaction test for Covid-19 within 72 hours before departing for Singapore. They will have to serve a 14-day stay-home notice after arriving, and be tested at the end of their quarantine. It will take effect at 11.59pm on Tuesday.
THE BIG STORY
Singapore could have a Covid-19 vaccine by early next year. The first shipments of the vaccine co-developed by Singapore researchers are expected in the first quarter, said Arcturus Therapeutics, the American pharmaceutical company working with Duke-NUS Medical School scientists on the vaccine.
Indonesian Islamist cleric Rizieq Shihab greeting his supporters after arriving from Saudi Arabia at Indonesia's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport yesterday.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE
WORLD
Thousands of supporters gathered at a Jakarta airport yesterday to welcome back Rizieq Shihab, a firebrand cleric and Islamist leader, who went into exile in Saudi Arabia after facing charges over sending pornographic messages and insulting state ideology. There were chaotic scenes at the airport as his supporters paralysed the toll road.
WORLD
US President Donald Trump was set to push ahead with legal challenges to the results of the election after Attorney-General William Barr (above) told federal prosecutors to look into any "substantial" allegations of voting irregularities. Mr Barr's directive prompted the top lawyer overseeing voter fraud probes to resign in protest.
SINGAPORE
New features have been rolled out on MyCareersFuture to boost progressive hiring practices among employers. Workforce Singapore, the Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices and the Manpower Ministry said a key thrust of the portal is to "provide as many job seekers as possible a fair chance at the roles advertised".
BUSINESS
The clear signs of an e-commerce boom in Singapore failed to prevent its Internet economy from taking a hit from the pandemic. There was a 24 per cent, or US$3 billion (S$4 billion), drop in the overall Internet economy to US$9 billion in gross merchandise value this year.
