The first batch of volunteers have been dosed with a locally developed vaccine by Duke-NUS Medical School and US firm Arcturus Therapeutics. The trial is being administered by the SingHealth Investigational Medicine Unit, and is expected to continue until October. The unit's deputy clinical and scientific director Associate Professor Jenny Low shares more.

After 26 years, the popular getaway Bintan Lagoon Resort is bidding visitors a final goodbye, a victim of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has wreaked havoc on global travel and tourism. Mr Buralimar, head of the Bintan Tourism Office, said declining visitor numbers and tourism receipts were behind the demise of the 450-room, five-star resort.

Beijing refrains from ousting four pro-democracy lawmakers in Hong Kong, despite recent moves to crack down on democracy in the city. Hong Kong correspondent Claire Huang has the latest.

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