Month: April 2020
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 6, 2020
Commentary: We cannot allow COVID-19 to disrupt our relationships too
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SINGAPORE: My family has been planning a party for my almost two-year old daughter, Lily. Sadly, with the exponential rise in COVID-19 cases, my husband uninvited all his friends to the party two weeks ago. Yesterday, he uninvited his own mother. Advertisement Advertisement Like a bad breakup, these un-invites were impersonally conveyed over the phone
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 6, 2020
The Big Read: Singapore’s oft-maligned millennials face their first crisis
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SINGAPORE: In February, final-year undergraduate Bianca Chua thought she was all set for the working world after starting her internship as a headhunter at a human resource (HR) firm. The Nanyang Technological University (NTU) business major secured the internship in December, and she had been told verbally and over email that she would be automatically converted
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 6, 2020
Insurers start receiving queries on deferment of premium payments amid COVID-19 outbreak
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SINGAPORE: Some individuals with life and health insurance have started enquiring about how to defer payments for their policy premiums, days after that option was announced by the authorities. Great Eastern told CNA on Friday (Apr 3) that it has heard from about 200 policyholders with such requests, while Aviva noted about 50 queries as
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 6, 2020
Bronx zoo tiger tests positive for coronavirus
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NEW YORK: A tiger at New York’s Bronx Zoo has tested positive for COVID-19, the institution said on Sunday (Apr 5), and is believed to have contracted the virus from a caretaker who was asymptomatic at the time. The four-year-old Malayan tiger named Nadia along with her sister Azul, two Amur tigers and three African lions
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 6, 2020
Glimmer of hope in Europe as US braces for ‘hardest week’
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ROME: European nations most ravaged by the new coronavirus on Sunday (Apr 5) reported encouraging signs in their fight against the deadly pandemic, as the United States braced for what may be its “hardest” week in recent memory. While Queen Elizabeth II delivered a rare televised address in a bid to calm public nerves about the
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 6, 2020
2 arrested under Official Secrets Act for leak of MOE, MSF statement on schools closure, move to home-based learning
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SINGAPORE: A public servant and her husband were arrested under the Official Secrets Act for allegedly circulating a draft of a joint media statement announcing that schools were moving into full home-based learning and pre-schools and student care centres would be closed as part of moves to help curb the spread of COVID-19. In a statement on
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 6, 2020
UK PM in hospital for precautionary COVID-19 tests
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LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was taken to hospital on Sunday (Apr 5) for tests, his office said, 10 days after he tested positive for coronavirus. Johnson, 55, announced he had mild symptoms of COVID-19 on Mar 27 and had been in self-isolation at his Downing Street residence for seven days. Advertisement Advertisement READ: British PM Boris
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 6, 2020
Glimmer of hope in Europe as US braces for ‘toughest week’
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ROME: European nations hardest hit by the new coronavirus on Sunday (Apr 5) reported encouraging signs in their fight against the deadly pandemic sweeping the globe, as the United States braced for a tough week ahead. Italy reported its lowest daily death toll in two weeks, in a possible sign the tide may be turning in
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 6, 2020
UK’s Queen Elizabeth invokes WW2 spirit: We can defeat the coronavirus
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LONDON: Queen Elizabeth told the British people on Sunday (Apr 5) that they would overcome the coronavirus outbreak if they stayed resolute in the face of lockdown and self-isolation, invoking the spirit of World War Two in an extremely rare broadcast to the nation. In what was only the fifth televised address of her 68-year
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 6, 2020
France reports lowest daily virus toll in a week, total now 8,078
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PARIS: France on Sunday (Apr 5) reported 357 coronavirus deaths in hospital in 24 hours, the lowest daily increase in a week, bringing the country’s toll to 8,078. The tally included 5,889 patients who died in hospital and 2,189 people in old age homes and other medical facilities, a government statement said. Advertisement Advertisement It said
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 6, 2020
Italy’s virus deaths plunge to lowest since Mar 19
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ROME: Italian officials said on Sunday (Apr 5) they may soon have to consider easing restrictions after seeing the daily coronavirus death toll plunge to its lowest in over two weeks. The 525 official COVID-19 fatalities reported by the civil protection service was the Mediterranean country’s lowest toll since 427 deaths were registered on Mar 19. Advertisement
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 6, 2020
Glimmer of hope in Italy and Spain as US braces for ‘toughest week’
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ROME: Italy and Spain, the two countries hardest hit by the new coronavirus, on Sunday (Apr 5) reported encouraging signs in their fight against the deadly pandemic sweeping the globe as the United States braced for a tough week ahead. Italy reported its lowest daily death toll in two weeks, in a possible sign the tide
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 6, 2020
Canada coronavirus deaths jump 20%
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OTTAWA: The number of people killed by the coronavirus in Canada has jumped by just over 20 per cent to 258 in a day, officials said on Sunday (Apr 5), while Ottawa offered full-time jobs to reservists in the armed forces. By 11:05 eastern time (1505 GMT), the total number of those diagnosed with the
Commentary: Pakistan has a bold, work-in-progress emergency cash transfer plan for the unbanked
LONDON: Cases of COVID-19, the disease associated with the new coronavirus are spreading quickly in Pakistan. But considering that the nation shares borders with two global epicentres of the pandemic – Iran and China – the situation could have been worse. There have been more than 2,000 infections from the virus in Pakistan and 26