Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 5, 2020
New COVID-19 test kits used to screen swab samples collected at Singapore checkpoints
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SINGAPORE: Newly developed COVID-19 test kits will be used to test swab samples collected Singapore’s checkpoints from Thursday (Mar 5), promising results within three hours. A collaboration between the Home Team Science & Technology (HTX) and Verdus Laboratories, the HTX COVID-19 test kit has an accuracy of more than 99 per cent and is able
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 5, 2020
Sri Lanka seizes record US$33 million drugs haul at sea
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COLOMBO: Two foreign trawlers packed with more than US$$33 million worth of heroin and crystal methamphetamine were seized in Sri Lanka’s biggest-ever drugs bust at sea, a navy spokesman said Thursday (Mar 5). Troops found 400kg of heroin and 100kg of Ice on board the two vessels, spokesman Isuru Sooriyabandara said. Advertisement Advertisement The street value of
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 5, 2020
New nutrient summary labels for pre-packaged drinks to be rolled out
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SINGAPORE: A new nutrition summary label called Nutri-Grade will be introduced from the end of 2021 to help consumers better gauge how healthy pre-packaged drinks are at a glance, the Ministry of Health (MOH) announced on Thursday (Mar 5). Similar plans are also underway to introduce such labels to freshly-prepared beverages. Advertisement Advertisement Explaining the
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 5, 2020
Taiwan says China forced Malaysian state to ban Taiwanese entry on COVID-19 fears
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TAIPEI: Taiwan’s foreign minister said on Thursday (Mar 5) that China had forced the Malaysian state of Sarawak to reinstate a ban on travellers from the island as part of coronavirus control steps, saying Beijing was taking “joy” in the measures. Taiwan says the World Health Organization’s (WHO) inclusion of the island as part of
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 5, 2020
MOH unveils plans for polyclinics in Bishan and Bidadari, new hospital in the east
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SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Health unveiled plans on Thursday (Mar 5) to build two polyclinics in Bishan and Bidadari by 2030, as well as a new hospital in the eastern part of Singapore. Speaking in Parliament during his ministry’s Committee of Supply debate on Thursday, Senior Minister of State for Health Lam Pin Min said the new
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 5, 2020
‘Very homesick’ Wuhan residents trickle back to stricken city
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WUHAN: The young couple stepped from a Chinese bullet train onto the deserted platform of Wuhan Station and into the epicentre of the coronavirus epidemic, home at last after more than 40 days in limbo. Wuhan has been largely cut off from the outside world since Jan 23, when China’s government imposed an unprecedented lockdown of
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 5, 2020
Australian man tasered in toilet paper scrap
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SYDNEY: A fight over toilet roll ended with a man being tasered, Australian police said Thursday (Mar 5), as coronavirus concerns drive panic buying. Police were called to a store in the New South Wales town of Tamworth after the man allegedly lashed out and attacked another customer and a worker. Advertisement Advertisement The New South
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 5, 2020
Japan to quarantine visitors from China, South Korea: Report
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TOKYO: Japan plans to quarantine people coming from China and South Korea for two weeks to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, the Yomiuri daily reported on Thursday (Mar 5). The newspaper said that everyone coming from the two countries will be quarantined at medical or other facilities and the government will ask Chinese
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 5, 2020
Thailand reports four new coronavirus cases, total 47
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BANGKOK: Thailand reports four new coronavirus cases, bringing its total to 47 since January, Suwanchai Wattanayingcharoen, director-general of the Department of Disease Control said in a news conference on Thursday (Mar 5). The new cases include a 29 year-old Italian man who arrived in Thailand on Mar 1 and was diagnosed with the virus at a
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 5, 2020
Singapore must expect ‘significantly higher numbers’ of new COVID-19 cases in time: Gan Kim Yong
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SINGAPORE: Singapore “must expect to see significantly higher numbers” of new COVID-19 cases in time to come, said Health Minister Gan Kim Yong on Thursday (Mar 5). “Globally, the number of cases outside mainland China continues to grow at an alarming rate across continents and regions. This is worrying as they pose a high risk
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 5, 2020
Healthcare spending on the rise because of higher utilisation, rising manpower costs: Gan Kim Yong
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SINGAPORE: Singapore’s healthcare expenditure is set to continue to increase, largely due to the development of new facilities and the cost of running them, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said in Parliament on Thursday (Mar 5). Speaking at his ministry’s Committee of Supply debate, he said that Singapore’s national health expenditure increased from S$13 billion
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 5, 2020
Malayan tiger roaming in Johor found dead
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MERSING, Johor: A Malayan tiger which was spotted roaming near villages in Mersing in the state of Johor has been found dead, Malaysia’s Ministry of Water, Land and Natural Resources said on Thursday (Mar 5). In a media statement, the ministry said Malaysia’s Department of Wildlife and National Parks (PERHILITAN) received information that the carcass of a Malayan tiger
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 5, 2020
Wuhan doctor recounts fears and hope at COVID-19 frontline
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BEIJING: One month after makeshift hospitals opened to chaos and confusion at the epicentre of China’s coronavirus epidemic, frontline doctor Ma Yonggang is finally seeing more empty beds as fewer patients arrive. When 43-year-old Ma was first summoned to a sports stadium converted into a medical facility on Feb 4, it was a virtual construction site
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