Day: March 8, 2020
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 8, 2020
70 trapped after China hotel used for coronavirus quarantine collapses
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BEIJING: About 70 people were trapped on Saturday (Mar 7) after a hotel being used for coronavirus quarantine collapsed in the Chinese city of Quanzhou in Fujian Province, the city’s authority said on its website. About four hours after the collapse, the Quanzhou municipality said 38 of the 70 or so people who had been
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 8, 2020
Commentary: The road to housing for single, unwed mothers is clearer but still bumpy
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SINGAPORE: International Women’s Day offers an opportunity to evaluate the extent to which socio-economic and other gaps between men and women have narrowed. But any true vision of gender equality must also consider differences between women – including the difference between married and unmarried mothers. Advertisement Advertisement Unwed mothers face a double disadvantage: They single-handedly
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 8, 2020
Some activities at 7 CCs and 8 RCs suspended over links to SAFRA Jurong COVID-19 cluster: MOH
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SINGAPORE: Some activities at seven community clubs and eight residents’ committees were suspended on Saturday (Mar 7) over links to COVID-19 patients in the cluster involving a private dinner function at SAFRA Jurong, said the Ministry of Health (MOH). In its daily update on the COVID-19 situation in Singapore, MOH said that all activities and classes
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 8, 2020
Italy set to lock down Lombardy after coronavirus jump
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ROME: Italy is set to lock down its wealthiest and most populous region, which includes the financial capital Milan, as part of tough new measures expected to be approved on Saturday (Mar 7) to try to contain the coronavirus outbreak. The new rules include telling people not to enter or leave Lombardy, which is home to
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 8, 2020
Italy coronavirus death toll tops 230, cases near 6,000
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ROME: Italy’s death toll from the novel coronavirus rose by 36 to 233 on Saturday (Mar 7) while the number of infections shot up by a single-day record of 1,247 to hit 5,883. Italy has recorded the most deaths of any country outside China and the third-most COVID-19 infections after China and South Korea. Advertisement
Commentary: How helping at home benefited my wife, our children and even me
SINGAPORE: My wife was about to return to work following the birth of our second child, and she was worried. How was she going to meet the demands of the job while supporting the needs of our young family? Fully supportive of her career, I started to go into solution mode throwing out ideas around