Day: April 9, 2020
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
IS-linked couple go on trial over bid to kill Indonesian minister
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JAKARTA: A couple with links to Islamic State went on trial in Indonesia Thursday for a failed assassination attempt last year on the country’s former chief security minister, with the pair facing a possible death sentence if convicted. The Jakarta hearing was held by video conference due to coronavirus concerns as lawyers and judges wearing
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
MOE suspends use of Zoom in home-based learning following breaches involving obscene images
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SINGAPORE: Teachers will suspend the use of video conferencing tool Zoom, following breaches involving obscene images, the Ministry of Education (MOE) said on Thursday (Apr 9). MOE said it is currently investigating the breaches, which it described as “serious incidents”. Advertisement Advertisement READ: COVID-19: Singapore makes ‘decisive move’ to close most workplaces and impose full home-based
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
COVID-19: Community isolation facility at Singapore Expo operational from Apr 10
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SINGAPORE: A community isolation facility at the Singapore Expo and MAX Atria will be operational from Friday (Apr 10), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said. This comes a day after Singapore saw 287 new COVID-19 cases, the largest spike in numbers to date. The national tally is now at 1,910, with many of the new cases linked to foreign worker dormitories.
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
COVID-19 circuit breaker: Authorities shut shops, issue more than 150 stern warnings
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SINGAPORE: A total of 150 shops were shut by the authorities on Thursday (Apr 9) as they were not supposed to open for business during the COVID-19 “circuit breaker” period. These shops that were shut by Housing and Development Board (HDB) were mainly selling household and personal care items. Their owners were issued stern warnings. Advertisement Advertisement As part of the
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
World seeks economic remedy as COVID-19 death toll mounts
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BRUSSELS: World powers scrambled on Thursday (Apr 9) to build a global response to the human and economic catastrophe caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, as death tolls in the US and Europe soared higher. In a locked-down New York, the UN Security Council was to meet on the pandemic for the first time, and in Brussels,
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
COVID-19: Crowding, emotional health of migrant workers at dormitories concern employers
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SINGAPORE: They had asked to fly back home due to fears about COVID-19 but as countries went into lockdown, flights were cancelled and the migrant workers are now in quarantine, unable to leave even their dormitory rooms. One anxious employer told CNA that three of his workers had bought tickets back to Bangladesh about a
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
Pass the salt: The minute details that helped Germany build COVID-19 defences
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MUNICH: One January lunchtime in a car parts company, a worker turned to a colleague and asked to borrow the salt. As well as the saltshaker, in that instant, they shared the new coronavirus, scientists have since concluded. Advertisement Advertisement That their exchange was documented at all is the result of intense scrutiny, part of
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
Democrats tread carefully in attacking US President Trump on COVID-19
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WASHINGTON, DC: For weeks, President Donald Trump has dominated television coverage with daily White House briefings on the coronavirus pandemic, declaring himself a “wartime president” and touting his administration’s response. But Trump’s tendency to pepper his news conferences with misstatements, untruths and scientifically questionable advice has armed Democrats with a wealth of ready-made sound-bites to use
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
British PM Johnson ‘getting better’ in intensive care
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LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was getting better on Thursday (Apr 9) in intensive care where he is battling COVID-19 as his government extended its bank overdraft facility and reviewed the most stringent shutdown in peacetime history. Johnson, 55, was admitted to St Thomas’ hospital on Sunday evening with a persistent high temperature and
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
COVID-19: Malaysia records lowest number of new cases in 2 weeks
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia on Thursday (Apr 9) reported 109 new COVID-19 cases, its lowest in about two weeks, bringing the total tally to 4,228. Health Ministry director-general Noor Hisham Abdullah in a press conference said the number of daily recovered cases exceeded the number of new cases for two days in a row. Advertisement Advertisement “There
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
Wuhan COVID-19 lockdown over, but lingering fears slow recovery
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WUHAN, China: Hairstylist “Ah Ping” is back in business now that Wuhan’s coronavirus lockdown has been lifted, but his salon has no customers, only empty chairs and lingering fears over a contagion that continues to haunt the city. Wuhan is waking from its coronavirus nightmare, loosening tight restrictions on movement and business as the global pandemic’s
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
Italy and Spain looking to ease COVID-19 restrictions, restart economy
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ROME: Italy and Spain, the two European countries worst-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, are looking to ease restrictions in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus, leaders of the two countries have said. Italy may start gradually lifting some restrictions by the end of April, provided the spread of the disease continues to slow,
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
COVID-19: Jakarta on verge of massive Eid exodus amid social restrictions, layoffs for low-wage workers
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JAKARTA: It has been more than a decade since Mr Sunarso made the seven-hour journey from Jakarta to his village in Central Java on his motorcycle. He was barely 30 when he last took the 350km trip down Java’s Northern Coast Road which leads to his village at the foot of a Central Java volcano, Mount
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
Man arrested for running face mask and hand sanitiser scams on Carousell and Facebook
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SINGAPORE: A 24-year-old man was arrested for his suspected involvement in a series of scams involving the sale of face masks and hand sanitisers, the police said on Thursday (Apr 9) in a news release. Between Mar 14 and Apr 8, police received several reports from people who were cheated by an online seller offering the products for
