Month: April 2020
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
COVID-19: Additional safe distancing measures implemented on public transport
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SINGAPORE: Additional safe distancing measures will be implemented on public transport networks as Singapore steps up efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19. This comes after the elevated safe distancing measures set by the multi-ministry task force were implemented on Tuesday (Apr 7), the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said in a news release on Thursday. Advertisement Advertisement
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
COVID-19: Suspect behind illegal car race charged with organising event with more than 10 attendees
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SINGAPORE: A man suspected of organising an illegal car race with 57 attendees was charged on Thursday (Apr 9) under newly enacted laws to curb the spread of COVID-19. Yeo Jing Cheng, 30, is accused of organising an event with more than 10 participants during a period when no such gatherings are allowed as part
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
‘This is very real’: From their window, New York couple sees refrigerated trucks remove bodies
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NEW YORK: A New York couple has seen the cityscape outside their Brooklyn apartment change dramatically in recent weeks, as refrigerated trucks line up in the lot below to receive the remains of COVID-19 victims as they exit the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center. Alix Monteleone, a 28-year-old account supervisor, who lives in a trendy part
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
COVID-19: California woman arrested for licking US$1,800 worth of groceries
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LOS ANGELES: A California woman has been arrested after licking US$1,800 worth of groceries and other items at a supermarket in the northern part of the state, police said Wednesday (Apr 8). Chris Fiore, spokesman for the South Lake Tahoe police department, near the border with Nevada, told AFP that officers were called to the Safeway store
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
Teens charged with public nuisance after one filmed the other drinking from bottles, returning them to supermarket shelf
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SINGAPORE: Two teenagers involved in a bottle-drinking stunt at an NTUC FairPrice supermarket were charged on Thursday (Apr 9) with public nuisance with common intention. Quek Xuan Zhi allegedly took a video of his friend, Nigel Pang Yew Ming, swigging from juice bottles at the supermarket at 2 Bukit Batok West Avenue 7 at 7.45pm on
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
Taiwan condemns ‘groundless’ accusations it attacked WHO chief
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TAIPEI: Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday condemned “groundless” accusations from the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) that racist slurs against him had come from the island, as Taipei escalated its feud with the body. Taiwan’s lack of membership of the WHO, due to pressure from China which claims the island as its own,
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
Bali’s miracle: Turning wine into hand sanitiser
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BALI: Pharmacists on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali are tackling a shortage of anti-coronavirus hand sanitiser by making their own unique, tropical version – from thousands of litres of fermented palm wine. The idea was the brainchild of Bali police chief Petrus Reinhard Golose, who says he was alarmed that supplies of alcohol-based disinfectant
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
COVID-19: WHO urges global unity, defends handling of pandemic after Trump’s criticism
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GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday (Apr 8) pleaded for global unity in fighting the coronavirus and gave a strident defence of his agency’s handling of the pandemic, in response to US President Donald Trump’s criticism. As the WHO prepares to mark 100 days on Thursday since it was first notified of the outbreak
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
China sees slight rise in new COVID-19 infections as imported cases jump
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BEIJING: China reported a slight increase in new COVID-19 cases for the second straight day, as the number of infections involving incoming overseas travellers hit a two-week high. China reported 63 new cases on Wednesday (Apr 8), up from 62 a day earlier, the National Health Commission said. Advertisement Advertisement Of those, 61 involved travellers arriving
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
COVID-19 crisis could plunge half a billion people into poverty, says charity Oxfam
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LONDON: The fallout from the coronavirus spread that has killed more than 83,000 people and wreaked havoc on economies around the world could push around half a billion people into poverty, Oxfam said on Thursday (Apr 9). The report released by the Nairobi-based charity ahead of next week’s International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank annual meeting calculated
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
Super spreader: US man with COVID-19 infects 15 after attending funeral, birthday party
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WASHINGTON: Back in late February, when the US thought it had sealed itself off from the coronavirus, a Chicago resident with mild respiratory symptoms went to pay his respects at a funeral as a friend of the family. Three days later, he would celebrate at a birthday party with his own relatives. Advertisement Advertisement The
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
Grounded by COVID-19, these pilots and cabin crew now educate the public on safe distancing
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SINGAPORE: Leonard Wang manoeuvres deftly through the small gaps between some stalls at Chong Pang Market with the ease of a seasoned professional. On a normal day, the 33-year-old would be in the skies but on this particular Wednesday (Apr 8), he is grounded. Not that he seems to mind. Advertisement Advertisement Used to facing rows of passenger
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
US pharmacies authorised to test for COVID-19
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WASHINGTON: The US authorised pharmacies on Wednesday (Apr 8) to carry out tests for the coronavirus, including newly developed antibody tests that detect whether a person who has recovered from illness had COVID-19. Health secretary Alex Azar, announced that all tests approved by regulators could be carried out by pharmacies as the country seeks to ramp
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
Australian police seize black box in raid on coronavirus-hit cruise ship Ruby Princess
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SYDNEY: Australian police raided the coronavirus-stricken Ruby Princess cruise ship and seized its black box as part of a criminal investigation after thousands of passengers were allowed to disembark in Sydney and 15 people later died of the illness. Police wearing protective suits and masks boarded the vessel in Port Kembla, about 80km south of Sydney, on Wednesday (Apr
