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(Breaking news at 5.35 am on 18 January 2021: Brazil has approved Sinovac’s CoronaVac.) It also has not been submitted to the US, UK or EU authorities for approval. Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said on Wednesday (13 January) that the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) will review the CoronaVac vaccine before rolling it out... 

I am angry at the stupidity of our ministers in the covid task force. They complain that the worker did not see a doctor when sick. [LINK] Surely, the government should set up special clinic to provide free testing for covid for people with symptoms. The clinic does not provide any treatment. If the special clinic is provided... 

The report of Human Rights Watch on Singapore 2020 makes for dismal reading, because the litany of violations of human rights has not changed very much from previous years. In fact, as in the United States, the pandemic has exposed and deepened structural injustices against the poor in Singapore. As the report observes, "While...