Month: March 2020
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
In China, walled up Wuhan awaits life beyond the barricades
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WUHAN, China: The bright yellow barricades snake through the streets of Wuhan, dividing up the epicentre of China’s coronavirus outbreak into segments that can be easily monitored for people disobeying orders to stay home. Separating neighbours and blocking shuttered shops, the roughly two-metre tall plastic barriers are a common sight in the car-manufacturing city of
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
Peak US COVID-19 death rate likely in two weeks: Trump
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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said Sunday (Mar 29) that the peak death rate in the United States from the coronavirus pandemic was likely to hit in two weeks and extended “social distancing” guidelines until Apr 30. “Easter should be the peak number,” Trump said of the Christian holiday which falls on Apr 12. Advertisement Advertisement “The modelling
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
North Korea says it conducted successful test of multiple rocket launchers
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SEOUL: North Korea’s latest test of super-large multiple rocket launchers a day earlier was a success, state media said on Monday (Mar 30). North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Sunday, the latest in a flurry of launches that South Korea decried as “inappropriate” amid the
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
Singapore reports third death from COVID-19
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SINGAPORE: A third patient has died in Singapore from complications due to COVID-19 infection on Sunday (Mar 29), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in a press release. The patient, a 70-year-old Singaporean with no recent travel history to affected countries and regions, died at 12.12pm. Advertisement Advertisement READ: Daughter of man who died from COVID-19 thanks
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
Daughter of man who died from COVID-19 thanks Singaporeans, healthcare staff
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SINGAPORE: The daughter of a Singaporean man who died from COVID-19 has thanked those who extended their condolences to their family, and reminded Singaporeans to be socially responsible. The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Sunday reported that a 70-year-old man died at 12.12pm from complications due to COVID-19. Advertisement Advertisement He tested positive for the infection on Mar 2
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
Singapore reports 42 more COVID-19 cases; new cluster at The Wedding Brocade bridal studio
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SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 42 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday (Mar 29) and a new cluster at a bridal studio. This brings the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country to 844. Advertisement Advertisement Of the new cases, 24 are imported and had travelled to Europe, North America, Middle East, ASEAN and other parts of Asia, said the Ministry of Health
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
Commentary: Without major intervention, Indonesia could have 71,000 COVID-19 cases by end-April
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JAKARTA: The transmission of the coronavirus in Indonesia, a country with more than a quarter-billion people, may increase exponentially if the government makes no immediate effort to reduce the spread. Using exponential function analysis, we estimate – with data gathered since Mar 2 and assuming the doubling times are similar as Iran’s and Italy’s –
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
The Big Read: No child’s play when it comes to stamping out bullying in schools
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SINGAPORE: They tagged her picture to a crying baby, as well as cropped her face out of the group photo which they posted on Instagram, while calling her “dumb”, “loser” and “trash”. The 14-year-old was also added to a WhatsApp group with her bullies where they taunted her for being a slow learner — always having to
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
Moscow mayor orders all residents to stay at home
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MOSCOW: Moscow’s mayor announced strict isolation rules for the city from Monday, the latest in a series of measures introduced in Russia to fight the spread of the coronavirus. The new restrictions would apply to all the city’s residents, regardless of age, mayor Sergei Sobyanin said in a statement on Sunday (Mar 29). Advertisement Advertisement
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
South Africa records second coronavirus death
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JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s confirmed cases of the coronavirus increased by 93 to 1,280 people on Sunday (Mar 29) and the death toll doubled to two, the Health Ministry said, as the country entered the third day of a national lockdown and officials announced new measures to deal with the economic fallout. South African health officials
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
Spain toughens restrictions as coronavirus death toll surges
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MADRID: Spain prepared to enter its third week under near-total lockdown on Sunday (Mar 29), as the government approved a strengthening of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus and the death toll rose by 838 cases overnight to 6,528. Second only to Italy in fatalities, Spain also saw infections rise to 78,797 from
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
Italy looks to extend lockdown as coronavirus cases near 100,000
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ROME: Italian authorities said on Sunday (Mar 29) they would extend a month-long lockdown to stem the coronavirus pandemic, as the number of deaths in the country reached 10,779 and the number of infected neared 100,000. The civil protection service reported another 756 fatalities in the world’s worst-hit nation on Sunday, while the number of officially
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
France relocates patients from swamped hospitals
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PARIS: France used two high-speed TGV trains and a German military plane to move more than three dozen critically ill coronavirus patients on Sunday (Mar 29) to ease the pressure on overwhelmed hospitals in eastern France. The Grand Est region was the first in France to be hit by a wave of coronavirus infections that
Commentary: Five considerations for a clear-minded coronavirus response
SINGAPORE: There has been much talk recently of the “herd immunity strategy”. Herd immunity is the indirect protection and subsequent reduction in cases brought about because a specified proportion of the population is immune to that disease. Advertisement Advertisement Herd immunity can be the outcome of a strategy or action, most sensibly, of vaccination. In