Day: April 11, 2020
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 11, 2020
Workers at food outlets required to wear face masks from Apr 13
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SINGAPORE: All workers who sell or prepare food and drinks will have to wear masks or face shields from Monday (Apr 13), the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) said in a press release on Saturday. It had on Apr 6 advised F&B operators that food handlers and employees should wear such protective gear amid the rise of locally transmitted cases of COVID-19,
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 11, 2020
Italy PM extends COVID-19 lockdown, says eurozone rescue plan inadequate
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ROME: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Friday (Apr 10) extended a nationwide lockdown to contain the coronavirus until May 3, though he said a few types of shops would be allowed to reopen next week. The draconian curbs on movement and the closure of most shops and businesses across Italy were imposed on Mar 9,
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 11, 2020
Stay home for Singapore web portal with resources for circuit breaker period launched
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SINGAPORE: A web portal with resources for people staying at home during the COVID-19 circuit breaker period has been launched. “We are bringing in a whole community of resources from across Government and the people movement together, for you and your family,” said Minister for Social and Family Development Desmond Lee in a Facebook post on
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 11, 2020
New Zealand reports 2 coronavirus deaths, Australia has 56
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MELBOURNE: New Zealand said on Saturday (Apr 11) there had been two new deaths due to the coronavirus – its biggest daily total to date despite the low number and bringing the total to four in a country that’s halfway through a four-week nationwide lockdown. Both deaths were older people with underlying health conditions and were
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 11, 2020
Singapore reports 198 new COVID-19 cases; second death from Lee Ah Mooi Old Age Home cluster
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SINGAPORE: Singapore reported another death linked to COVID-19 and 198 new cases on Friday (Apr 10), taking the total number of cases to 2,108. An 86-year-old Singapore woman died from complications due to COVID-19 infection on Thursday night, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said. Advertisement Advertisement “She was admitted to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) on
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 11, 2020
Coronavirus found in air samples up to 4 metres from patients: China study
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WASHINGTON: A new study examining air samples from hospital wards with COVID-19 patients has found the virus can travel up to 4m – twice the distance current guidelines say people should leave between themselves in public. The preliminary results of the investigation by Chinese researchers were published Friday in Emerging Infectious Diseases, a journal of the US Centers
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 11, 2020
Nearly 700 Singapore citizens, residents evacuated from India
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SINGAPORE: Nearly 700 Singapore residents have been evacuated from India, after many made long road journeys to reach the airports, Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said on Saturday (Apr 11). The Indian government imposed a lockdown on Mar 25 to stem the spread of the coronavirus, which has killed 206 and infected more than 6,700
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 11, 2020
China reports 46 new coronavirus cases, up from 42 a day earlier
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BEIJING: China on Saturday (Apr 11) reported a rise in new coronavirus cases, as authorities try to head off a second wave of COVID-19, particularly from imported and asymptomatic infections, as city and travel restrictions are lifted. The National Health Commission said 46 new cases were reported on Friday, including 42 involving travellers from overseas, up
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 11, 2020
Outbid and left hanging, US states scramble for ventilators
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REUTERS: On the final Thursday in March the Arkansas team in charge of procuring ventilators thought they had scored a coup: a vendor had agreed to sell them 500 of the breathing machines critical to keeping COVID-19 patients alive at US$19,000 each. The next day they were told the deal had vanished because a buyer
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 11, 2020
40 fines, more than 3,100 warnings issued for safe distancing offences
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SINGAPORE: A total of 40 fines and more than 3,100 “stern warnings” have been issued to members of the public for not complying with safe distancing measures. All 40 fines and 2,900 of the warnings were issued on Friday (Apr 10) alone, the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources said in a media release. Advertisement
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 11, 2020
Essential service workers can drop children off at grandparents’ home for caregiving arrangements
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SINGAPORE: Essential service workers are allowed to drop their children off at their grandparents’ home for caregiving arrangements, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Friday (Apr 10). The multi-ministry COVID-19 task force previously said that parents should not send their children to the care of their grandparents on a daily basis during the “circuit breaker” period. Advertisement Advertisement
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 11, 2020
ICA Building closes for disinfection after COVID-19 cluster reported there
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SINGAPORE: The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) will be closed for disinfection on Saturday (Apr 11) after the Ministry of Health identified the building as a new COVID-19 cluster. ICA confirmed in a statement on Saturday (Apr 11) that three of its officers based at the ICA Building along Kallang Road are currently hospitalised after testing positive
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 11, 2020
Markets to refuse entry to people not wearing masks from Sunday: NEA
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SINGAPORE: Starting from Sunday (Apr 12), people not wearing face masks will not be allowed to enter the 40 markets managed by the National Environment Agency (NEA) or NEA-appointed operators. The move is to safeguard the health and well-being of all stallholders and patrons at the 40 markets, which are relatively popular and tend to
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 11, 2020
French coronavirus toll over 13,000 as nursing home deaths jump
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PARIS: The number of people who have died from coronavirus infection in France jumped by nearly 987 or 8 per cent to 13,197 as nursing home deaths swelled but fewer people were in intensive care as the effect of nationwide confinement started to show. The total number of confirmed and probable coronavirus infections in the
