Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 22, 2020
Wakes allowed, measures to handle COVID-19 bodies in place: NEA
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SINGAPORE: Wakes for COVID-19 victims will be permitted as long as there is no contact with the body, the National Environment Agency (NEA) said on Saturday (Mar 21). In response to media queries, NEA said that although wakes are allowed, families will be asked to keep the funeral wakes short to minimise any risk posed by contact
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 22, 2020
Singapore reports 2 deaths from COVID-19
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SINGAPORE: Two patients in Singapore have died from complications due to COVID-19, the first deaths in the country linked to the infection. The patients – a 75-year-old Singaporean woman and 64-year-old Indonesian man – died on Saturday morning (Mar 21), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said. Advertisement Advertisement The woman, known as Case 90, was linked to
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 22, 2020
Singapore reports 47 new cases of COVID-19, more than 80% imported
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SINGAPORE: Singapore on Saturday (Mar 21) confirmed 47 new cases of COVID-19, of which 39 were imported cases. Nine more people have been discharged, taking the total number of patients who have recovered to 140, said the Ministry of Health (MOH). Advertisement Advertisement The increase takes the national total to 432, on a day when the country
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 22, 2020
The astrophotographer who snaps images of stars and galaxies from his window
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SINGAPORE: One of the first pictures Ivan Bok took through a telescope is the Orion Nebula. It is one of the brightest nebulae located in the Milky Way, visible to the naked eye in the night sky. “For most people, the first thing that (they really remember) is looking at things like the moon and Saturn,” said the
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 22, 2020
Commentary: Facing a two-front COVID-19 assault, Saudi Arabia pulls out the sledgehammer
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ABU DHABI: While the COVID-19 outbreak has ravaged through most parts of the globe, Saudi Arabia stands out. The country is battling the coronavirus on two fronts as the kingdom is not only fighting to contain the pandemic but also facing an intensified economic fallout with the drastic plunge in oil price these past few
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 22, 2020
Malaysia reports five COVID-19 deaths, bringing death toll to 8
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia reported a total of five deaths related to COVID-19 on Saturday (Mar 21), bringing the national death toll to eight. The latest fatalities reported at about 7pm on Saturday evening were a 69-year-old Malaysian man linked to the cluster involving a mass religious gathering in capital Kuala Lumpur, and a 57-year-old Malaysian
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 22, 2020
Spain to boost coronavirus testing as deaths surpass 1,300
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MADRID: Spanish authorities said on Saturday (Mar 21) that they would boost coronavirus testing, potentially with the help of robots, as the toll in the country kept climbing, surpassing 1,300 deaths and reaching close to 25,000 cases. Europe’s second-worst outbreak showed no sign of improvement as the single-day death toll jumped over 300 people from
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 22, 2020
France COVID-19 toll jumps 112 to 562
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PARIS: France has recorded 112 coronavirus deaths in a day, taking its total to 562, the health ministry said on Saturday (Mar 21). There have been 14,459 confirmed cases, the ministry said in a statement. Advertisement Advertisement It said 1,525 people were in severe condition out of the 6,172 who were currently in hospital. Half
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 21, 2020
Why Italy? The factors behind a coronavirus disaster
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ROME: Why Italy? Loads of people have been wondering why the beautiful Mediterranean country has become the new epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic. Advertisement Advertisement Experts list a range of reasons – from Italy’s relatively high age to its strained healthcare system to some old fashioned bad luck – that add up to a disaster
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 21, 2020
Shame on you, Britain tells coronavirus panic-buyers
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LONDON: Britain on Saturday (Mar 21) told people who were panic-buying and hoarding food due to the coronavirus outbreak to calm down, pointing to a video on social media showing an exhausted nurse driven to tears by finding shelves bare after her shift. Shoppers have been emptying the shelves in many supermarkets over the past week,
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 21, 2020
Progress Singapore Party expels member behind offensive post on NUS Atheist Society Facebook page
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SINGAPORE: The Progress Singapore Party (PSP) said on Saturday (Mar 21) it had expelled a party member who wrote an “insensitive and offensive post” on the NUS Atheist Society Facebook page. Police said on Friday they were investigating after a Facebook page named NUS Atheist Society put up a post suggesting the Bible and the Quran
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 21, 2020
COVID-19: Army joins the production line as ventilator makers scramble to meet demand in Italy
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ZURICH: On Mar 6, Gianluca Preziosa, the head of an Italian ventilator maker, received an urgent request. The Italian authorities wanted his help for an all-out effort to meet a desperate need for ventilators. Now, his Bologna-based company, Siare Engineering International Group srl, has 25 army technicians working with its production supervisors to manage the expanded
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 21, 2020
COVID-19: Army joins the production line as ventilator makers scramble to meet demand
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ZURICH: On Mar 6, Gianluca Preziosa, the head of an Italian ventilator maker, received an urgent request. The Italian authorities wanted his help for an all-out effort to meet a desperate need for ventilators. Now, his Bologna-based company, Siare Engineering International Group srl, has 25 army technicians working with its production supervisors to manage the expanded
Commentary: When did LinkedIn become a dating site? Two rules to navigate this new challenge
SINGAPORE: If you have been on social media earlier this year, you might have seen a curious meme going viral. For the “LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Tinder” challenge, users have to compile four profile images of themselves corresponding to what they would post on these respective social media platforms. Advertisement Advertisement While Facebook and Instagram profiles