Month: April 2020
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 3, 2020
Why more Singaporeans are making a mid-career switch to a new job
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SINGAPORE: Tender-hearted nurses that took care of his leukaemia-striken daughter, his mum and his father-in-law. A childhood dream to join the medical field. It all made sense when the opportune time came for Joshua Liew to join the profession he so admired. Advertisement Advertisement The 50-year-old is one of 22 in a pioneering batch of
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 3, 2020
COVID-19: 129 stop-work orders issued to workplaces that did not follow safe distancing measures, says MOM
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SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has issued 129 stop-work orders to workplaces that were found to neglect safe distancing measures. MOM has conducted more than 850 workplace inspections since Mar 23. Aside from the stop-work orders, it has also served 260 remedial orders, the ministry said in response to CNA’s queries on Thursday (Apr
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 3, 2020
49 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore; Mustafa Centre among 3 new clusters identified
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SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 49 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore on Thursday (Apr 2), bringing the national total to 1,049 infections. Of the confirmed cases, 41 are local cases who have no recent travel history abroad. The remaining eight are imported cases who travelled to Europe, North America, ASEAN and other parts
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 3, 2020
US doctors on coronavirus frontline seek protection from lawsuits
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REUTERS: US medical professionals on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic are lobbying policymakers for protection from potential malpractice lawsuits as hospitals triage care and physicians take on roles outside their specialties. State chapters of the powerful American Medical Association and other groups representing healthcare providers have been pressing governors for legal cover for decisions
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 3, 2020
Florida to allow two cruise ships to dock after impasse
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MIAMI – Florida officials have agreed to allow two Holland America Line cruise ships afflicted with the coronavirus to dock at a port in Fort Lauderdale, resolving an impasse that drew the attention of President Donald Trump, NBC reported on Thursday (Apr 2). The agreement would allow the cruise line’s Rotterdam and Zaandam ships to dock
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 2, 2020
SingPost COVID-19 cluster caused by employee who went to work despite being unwell: Iswaran
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SINGAPORE: The cluster of COVID-19 cases at SingPost Centre was caused by an employee who had come to work despite being unwell, said Minister for Communications and Information S Iswaran on Thursday (Apr 2) as he reiterated the importance of staying home when sick to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Last week, a contract
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 2, 2020
WHO reiterates warning that kids are hit by coronavirus too
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COPENHAGEN: The World Health Organisation on Thursday (Apr 2) reiterated its warning that children can also be affected by COVID-19, which has claimed the lives of several young people. “The very notion that COVID-19 only affects older people is factually wrong,” the head of the WHO’s European branch, Hans Kluge, told reporters during an online briefing
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 2, 2020
My First Skool at Rivervale Crescent to close temporarily after teaching staff tests positive for COVID-19
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SINGAPORE: The My First Skool campus at 49 Rivervale Crescent will close temporarily after a teaching staff tested positive for COVID-19, the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) announced on Thursday (Apr 2). ECDA said it was informed of the case earlier in the day, and that the employee was last at the centre on Mar
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 2, 2020
Bus driver tests positive for COVID-19, vehicles and premises ‘thoroughly cleaned and disinfected’: SMRT
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SINGAPORE: An SMRT bus driver has been hospitalised after testing positive for COVID-19, the transport operator said on Thursday (Apr 2). The bus driver was last at work on Mar 27 operating service 972, said president of SMRT Road Holdings Tan Kian Heong in a statement. Advertisement Advertisement “His rest day was Mar 28. He
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 2, 2020
Movement control order: KL police chief says arrests only made when people refuse to head home
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KUALA LUMPUR: Those found to have contravened Malaysia’s movement control order (MCO) are usually given a chance to return home, before being arrested for not heeding the police’s advice. In an interview with CNA, Kuala Lumpur Police Chief Mazlan Lazim said on Thursday (Apr 2) that his officers take a lot of things into consideration before
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 2, 2020
‘Self-disinfecting coating’ applied to HDB lift buttons
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SINGAPORE: A spray, described as a self-disinfecting coating, has been applied to buttons in HDB lifts in Singapore, as a safeguard against viruses, bacteria and fungi. Over the past two weeks, Singapore’s town councils have coated 1.5 million lift buttons inside 26,000 HDB lifts, as well as at lift lobbies. Advertisement Advertisement A total of 650 litres of
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 2, 2020
Jewel Changi Airport toddler death: Mirror fell when two boys squeezed out from behind it, crushing girl
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SINGAPORE: A toddler who died after being crushed by a mirror at a shop in Jewel Changi Airport was standing in front of it when her brother and a family friend squeezed out from behind the mirror, causing it to fall. This was revealed on the first day of the coroner’s inquiry into the death of
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 2, 2020
Indonesia frees 18,000 inmates from bursting jails over COVID-19 fears
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MAJENE, Indonesia: Indonesia has released about 18,000 inmates in a desperate bid to stop coronavirus from rampaging through its notoriously overcrowded prison system, authorities said Thursday (Apr 2). The mass release comes days after the Southeast Asian nation said it would free more than 30,000 inmates to take pressure off prisons and jails beset by
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 2, 2020
COVID-19 cases in Malaysia crosses 3,000 mark
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia reported 208 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday (Apr 2), bringing the total number of cases in the country to 3,116 – the highest in Southeast Asia. Five more people have died from the disease, said Health director-general Noor Hisham Abdullah at a press conference, bringing the total number of fatalities to 50.
