Month: April 2020
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 13, 2020
UK cancels order for simple ventilators, needs more complex ones
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LONDON: Britain has cancelled an order for thousands of units of a simple model of ventilator developed by industrial companies to treat COVID-19 because more sophisticated devices are now needed, a source involved in the project said on Sunday. The government confirmed it no longer required that particular model, known as BlueSky. Advertisement Advertisement “We
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 13, 2020
Indonesia reports biggest daily jump in COVID-19 cases
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JAKARTA: Indonesia on Sunday (Apr 12) reported 399 new cases of the coronavirus, its biggest daily jump so far, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 4,241, according to data provided by a health ministry official, Achmad Yurianto. Yurianto said there were also 46 new coronavirus-related deaths, taking the total to 373.
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 13, 2020
Brazilian woman, 97, becomes country’s oldest coronavirus survivor
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RIO DE JANEIRO: When 97-year-old Brazilian Gina Dal Colleto was hospitalised on Apr 1 with coronavirus symptoms, few could have thought she would survive the deadly virus. On Sunday, however, Dal Colleto was pushed in a wheelchair out of Sao Paulo’s Vila Nova Star hospital to applause from doctors and nurses, becoming the oldest known survivor
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 13, 2020
Spain to keep coronavirus restrictions under review
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MADRID: Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Sunday (Apr 12) any further loosening of the country’s lockdown restrictions would depend on more progress in the fight against the coronavirus, a day before some companies plan to reopen their doors. The country’s overnight death toll from the infection rose for the first time in three
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 12, 2020
Italy’s daily coronavirus death tally lowest since Mar 19
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ROME: Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 431 on Sunday (Apr 12), down from 619 the day before, and the number of new cases slowed to 4,092 from a previous 4,694. The tally of deaths was the lowest daily rise since Mar 19. Advertisement Advertisement The total death toll since the outbreak came
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 12, 2020
More than 200 fines to be issued to members of the public for flouting safe distancing measures: MEWR
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SINGAPORE: More than 200 fines will be issued to members of the public for flouting elevated safe distancing measures on Sunday (Apr 12), the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (MEWR) said in a press release. The figures come a day after Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Masagos Zulkifli announced that those caught breaking circuit
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 12, 2020
With over 21,300 virus deaths, US spends Easter Sunday on lockdown
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REUTERS: Americans spent Sunday on lockdown as the US toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic surpassed 21,300 deaths and more than half a million confirmed cases over the Easter weekend. With almost all the country under stay-at-home orders to curb the spread of the disease, many turned to online church services to mark the holiest day
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 12, 2020
Police investigating after man posts online about abusing COVID-19 Temporary Relief Fund
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SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) and the police are looking into a case of possible abuse of the COVID-19 Temporary Relief Fund (TRF), after a man claimed he was able to obtain aid without any documents. In a news release on Sunday (Apr 12), the authorities said they had identified a 41-year-old Singaporean
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 12, 2020
COVID-19 measures: Safe distancing situation has ‘improved significantly’, but must still be taken seriously, says DPM Heng
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SINGAPORE: The situation concerning elevated safe distancing measures in public places has “improved significantly” compared to the last few days, particularly in wet markets, said Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat on Sunday (Apr 12). However, he stressed the need for people to take the enhanced safe distancing measures seriously, given that one infected person
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 12, 2020
Five McDonald’s Singapore employees diagnosed with COVID-19, 4 outlets closed until further notice
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SINGAPORE: Five McDonald’s employees have been diagnosed with COVID-19, said the fast food chain in a press release on Sunday (Apr 12). The employees worked at outlets in Lido, Forum Galleria, Parklane and Geylang East Central, which have been deep-cleaned and closed until further notice. Advertisement Advertisement All other employees working at the four outlets have
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 12, 2020
‘We are social animals’: Hong Kong residents flout COVID-19 rules to throng popular sites
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HONG KONG: People in Hong Kong thronged beaches, ferries and outlying islands on Sunday (Apr 12), many of them violating a ban on gatherings of more than four people aimed at containing the spread of the new coronavirus. Clear blue skies lured people to popular areas across the territory over the long Easter weekend and
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 12, 2020
‘The hardest thing I’ve been through’: Hallucinations, fever, pneumonia – but finally victory for this COVID-19 patient
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SINGAPORE: At one point of time, there were so many tubes and devices attached to the body of Bambang Sugeng Kajairi that he would joke with family members that he was Iron Man. He didn’t feel quite as invincible as the Marvel superhero. Advertisement Advertisement First, a high fever seemed to lay siege to his body. “I could feel the
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 12, 2020
Iran reports 117 new COVID-19 deaths, raising total to 4,474
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TEHRAN: Iran on Sunday (Apr 12) announced 117 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, bringing the overall official toll to 4,474, even as it eased some restrictions that had been imposed to slow the spread of the illness. Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour also told a news conference that 1,657 new infections had been confirmed in
Commentary: COVID-19 collapse exceeds any recession in the last 150 years
CAMBRIDGE: With each passing day, the 2008 global financial crisis increasingly looks like a mere dry run for today’s economic catastrophe. The short-term collapse in global output now underway already seems likely to rival or exceed that of any recession in the last 150 years. Advertisement Advertisement Even with all-out efforts by central banks and