Month: April 2020
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 14, 2020
Taiwan reports no new COVID-19 cases for first time in a month
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TAIPEI: Taiwan on Tuesday (Apr 14) reported no new cases of the coronavirus for the first time in more than a month, in the latest sign that the island’s early and effective prevention methods have paid off. Taiwan has won plaudits from health experts for how it has fought the virus, including starting as early
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 14, 2020
New IMDA initiatives, S$8 million fund to help local media sector through COVID-19 period
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SINGAPORE: A series of initiatives has been announced to help the local media sector tide over the COVID-19 period. In a press release on Tuesday (Apr 14), the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) said the initiatives were part of the ongoing national efforts to protect jobs and livelihoods. Advertisement Advertisement Through the new initiatives, media
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 14, 2020
COVID-19: Singapore’s defence agency designs adjustable, reusable face shields
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SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) has designed an adjustable, reusable face shield to protect the country’s frontline workers from COVID-19, amid a global shortage of protective equipment. Called FaceProtect+, the shield has an adjustable frame that caters to different face sizes and people who wear spectacles, said DSTA in a news release on
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 14, 2020
ComfortDelGro taxi drivers to help deliver RedMart groceries
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SINGAPORE: ComfortDelGro taxi drivers will soon help to deliver RedMart groceries as Singapore sees a rise in demand for delivery services amid the COVID-19 outbreak. More than 1,000 drivers from the taxi company have indicated their interest in the new role, said ComfortDelGro and Lazada in a media release on Tuesday (Apr 14). Advertisement Advertisement “The collaboration will
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 14, 2020
India extends world’s biggest virus lockdown to May 3
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NEW DELHI: India’s nationwide coronavirus lockdown, the biggest in the world, will be extended until at least May 3, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday (Apr 14). The current three-week-old lockdown of the nation of 1.3 billion people had been scheduled to end at midnight Tuesday. Advertisement Advertisement “From the economic angle, we have paid
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 14, 2020
North Korea fires multiple suspected cruise missiles: Seoul
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Seoul: North Korea on Tuesday (Apr 14) fired several suspected cruise missiles towards the sea, the South’s military said. The “multiple projectiles” fired from Munchon in the east of the country were believed to be “short-range cruise missiles”, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a statement. Advertisement Advertisement The test comes a day before
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 14, 2020
ASEAN leaders meet online to tackle COVID-19
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HANOI: Vietnam will urge Southeast Asian leaders to set up an emergency fund to tackle the coronavirus at a summit held online on Tuesday (Apr 14), as the pandemic ravages the region’s tourism and export-reliant economies. Hanoi is chairing an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting on COVID-19, with the country touting its success
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 14, 2020
Customers not wearing face masks at bank branches will be refused entry
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SINGAPORE: Customers not wearing face masks when visiting banks’ branches will be refused entry as part of additional measures taken by banks to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission. “With immediate effect, all customers visiting bank branches must wear a face mask to safeguard their own health and well-being, and that of other customers and staff
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 14, 2020
COVID-19: Cochrane Lodge 2 dormitory declared an isolation area
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SINGAPORE: An eighth foreign worker dormitory, Cochrane Lodge 2, has been gazetted as an isolation area to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The dormitory in Sembawang was declared an isolation area under the Infectious Diseases Act, according to a notice by the Ministry of Health (MOH) in the Government Gazette. Advertisement Advertisement The notice came into
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 14, 2020
Singapore reports record 386 new COVID-19 cases and 9th death
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SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 386 new COVID-19 cases on Monday (Apr 13), taking the national total to 2,918. A 65-year-old male Singapore citizen also died from complications due to COVID-19 infection on Monday afternoon, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in its daily update. Advertisement Advertisement He was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on Apr 9. Khoo Teck
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 14, 2020
Fearful of COVID-19 return, Beijing turns into virtual fortress
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BEIJING: Beijing has virtually walled itself off to outsiders with drastic measures to protect China’s seat of power against the threat of a second wave of coronavirus infections from other regions. After largely getting the outbreak under control, China has banned foreigners from entering the country as authorities fret over an increase in cases imported
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 14, 2020
Teenager pleads guilty to cheating 5 people over masks, used money for her baby
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SINGAPORE: In the first guilty plea of its kind during the COVID-19 outbreak, a 19-year-old woman on Tuesday (Apr 14) admitted to cheating five people of S$580 for masks she never delivered. Nur Atiena Mohamed Asidi, 19, said she used most of the cash to buy milk powder, baby food and diapers for her infant,
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 14, 2020
42 dead, 127 senior citizens infected in coronavirus outbreak at Virginia nursing home
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RICHMOND: Forty-two residents of a Virginia nursing home near Richmond have died from the COVID-19 disease pandemic in one of the worst clusters of the new coronavirus in the United States, and officials expect more deaths to come. At least 127 elderly people out of the 163 residents of the Canterbury Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center
Commentary: Boris Johnson’s COVID-19 illness has made him more powerful
LONDON: A strange thing happened last week. An awful lot of British voters discovered they were much more attached to Boris Johnson than they realised. Since Brexit, the UK prime minister has been a divisive figure, but his struggle with COVID-19 left all but his most partisan foes shocked, scared and desperate for news of