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Junshi Biosciences Announces NEJM Publication of Results of Phase 3 Study of VV116 Versus PAXLOVID for Adults at High Risk for Progression to Severe COVID-19

SHANGHAI, China, Dec. 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd (“Junshi Biosciences”, HKEX: 1877; SSE: 688180), a leading innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapies, today announces the online publication in New England Journal (NEJM) of the Phase 3 trial (NCT05341609) comparing the efficacy and safety […]

Legal

Plan to open border with mainland China sparks fears in Hong Kong

Hong Kong leader John Lee on Wednesday announced plans to open the city’s internal border with the rest of China by mid-January, sparking fears that the current wave of mass COVID-19 infections sweeping the country will engulf the city, sparking a run on medical resources.   “I’m very thankful to the Central People’s Government for […]

General

Junta troops arrest and kill 7 villagers in Myanmar’s Mandalay region

Junta troops killed seven residents of a village in central Myanmar’s Mandalay region, locals told RFA.   The men were arrested on Saturday night and villagers found their bodies over the next two days.   They identified the men as 62-year-old Sein Maung Myint; 50-year-old Sein Aung; 43-year-old Kyaw Tin; 37-year-old Swe Lin Aung; 38-year-old […]

General

Thailand: DTM Population Mobility Monitoring Province Report: Tak

INTRODUCTION AND METHODOLOGY   To better understand health and screening capacities in Thailand, IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), with support from the US Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) and European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO), is implementing Population Mobility Monitoring (PMM) along the Myanmar-Thai border. Border provinces selected for data collection […]

Internal Affairs

Deputy PM endorses massive plan to combat flooding and drought

BANGKOK (NNT) – Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan has endorsed a government plan to address flooding and drought issues across the country.   The massive plan for water resource management consists of 63,589 projects that will require a total of 337.7 billion baht in funding to implement by 2024.   The deputy prime minister […]

Lifestyle

Thailand anticipates windfall from China’s easing of travel restrictions

Thailand is expected to benefit from China’s recent easing of travel restrictions, and Thai tourism and tourism-related businesses are preparing to cope with a surge in Chinese tourists after three years of the COVID-19 pandemic.   Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith has predicted that the number of foreign tourists visiting Thailand next year is expected to […]

Lifestyle

No bans on New Year celebrations

The Ministry of Interior has no policy to prohibit units under its supervision or the private sector from holding celebrations or other entertainment between December 30th and January 2nd, according to Interior Permanent Secretary Suttipong Juljarern.   He stressed, however, that organisers of celebrations or other festive activities must ensure the safety of revellers, such […]