Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 4, 2020
Evangelical service in eastern France is centre of new COVID-19 outbreak
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PARIS: French authorities have asked people who took part in an Evangelical Lent celebration in eastern France last month to limit social contact after 10 new confirmed coronavirus infections were traced to the event. Christophe Lannelongue, head of the eastern France health agency, said on Wednesday (Mar 4) that he expected more confirmed cases of coronavirus
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 4, 2020
Experts and politicians call for Indonesian government to intensify efforts to detect COVID-19
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JAKARTA: The Indonesian government has been urged to step up efforts to detect and handle COVID-19, as the country reported its first two confirmed cases this week. Medical professionals and politicians said on Wednesday (Mar 4) that the government needs to do more and act swiftly, judging by the fact that coronavirus has infected 90,000 people
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 4, 2020
COVID-19 has affected almost all Iran’s provinces, death toll hits 92
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DUBAI: An outbreak of novel coronavirus has affected almost all of Iran’s provinces, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday (Mar 4), according to the official presidency website. “This disease is a widespread disease,” he said during a cabinet meeting. “It has reached almost all our provinces and in one sense it’s a global disease.”
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 4, 2020
First COVID-19 case in EU agency in Brussels
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BRUSSELS: A first EU official working in the bloc’s Brussels administration has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, European officials said Wednesday (Mar 4). “We have confirmation of the case,” EU Commission spokeswoman Dana Spinant told AFP. Advertisement Advertisement A spokeswoman for the European Defence Agency confirmed that a male public servant of the agency had
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 4, 2020
Malaysian police quiz Mahathir’s daughter over protest
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police questioned ex-premier Mahathir Mohamad’s daughter and 18 other activists on Wednesday (Mar 4) over several small, peaceful protests triggered by the elderly leader losing power and a corruption-tainted party’s return. The reformist “Pact of Hope” alliance, which took power in a historic victory two years ago, collapsed last week and 94-year-old prime
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 4, 2020
14 new cases of COVID-19 in Malaysia, new cluster identified
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KUALA LUMPUR: Fourteen new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Malaysia on Wednesday (Mar 4), bringing the national total to 50. Most of these new cases are close contacts or linked to Case 26, the Health Ministry said in a statement. Advertisement Advertisement Case 26 has also been identified as the source of a COVID-19 cluster,
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 4, 2020
Singapore to plant 1 million trees, develop more gardens and parks by 2030
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SINGAPORE: Singapore plans to plant 1 million trees and develop more and better connected green spaces over the next 10 years, said Second Minister for National Development Desmond Lee on Wednesday (Mar 4), as he announced a new stage of urban planning for the National Parks Board (NParks). “We want to transform Singapore into a City
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 4, 2020
New QR code initiative to speed up process of providing feedback on municipal issues
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SINGAPORE: The Municipal Services Office (MSO) has launched an initiative to simplify the way residents can report issues. Under the programme, called OneService Lite, QR codes can be scanned at places where residents frequent, such as HDB lift landings. They can then send their complaint through an online form, without having to download the OneService
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 4, 2020
Researchers identify two coronavirus types as China cases dwindle
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SHANGHAI: Scientists in China studying the viral disease outbreak’s origin said they had found that two main types of the new coronavirus could be causing infections. The researchers, from Peking University’s School of Life Sciences and the Institut Pasteur of Shanghai under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, cautioned that their analysis examined a limited range
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 4, 2020
Orchard Towers death: First two men sentenced for role in fatal fight
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SINGAPORE: Two men were sentenced to jail on Wednesday (Mar 4) for their roles in a gang fight that led to the death of a man at Orchard Towers last year. Joel Tan Yun Sheng, 26, was given four weeks’ jail after pleading guilty to voluntarily causing hurt to the victim by common intention. Another charge of consorting
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 4, 2020
Serial upskirter walked around with hidden camera in shoe, was arrested 6 times in 5 years
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SINGAPORE: Armed with a hidden camera in his shoe, a serial offender walked around shopping malls and his school, filming upskirt videos of multiple women over five years and getting arrested six times. Tham Heng Yew, 27, was sentenced on Wednesday (Mar 4) to 44 weeks’ jail for 30 charges, mostly for insulting a woman’s
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 4, 2020
COVID-19: Visitors from Singapore to Thailand do not need to self-quarantine, says tourism authority
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SINGAPORE: Visitors from Singapore to Thailand will not have quarantine to themselves amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the Tourism Authority of Thailand confirmed on Wednesday (Mar 4). This comes after the Thailand’s Health Ministry announced on Tuesday afternoon that Singapore was among nine places listed as “high-risk”, and that visitors from Singapore will have to quarantine themselves for
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 4, 2020
Singapore sends COVID-19 diagnostic tests, machines to Myanmar
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SINGAPORE: Singapore has contributed diagnostic tests and machines to Myanmar to help in the detection of the novel coronavirus, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on Wednesday (Mar 4). A total of 3,000 diagnostics tests and two polymerase chain reaction (PCR) machines were sent in response to a request from the Myanmar Ministry of Health
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 4, 2020
Thousands wait for hospital beds in South Korea as coronavirus cases surge
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SEOUL: South Korea reported hundreds of new coronavirus cases on Wednesday (Mar 4) as many sick people waited for hospital beds in Daegu, the city at the centre of the worst outbreak outside China. The new cases bring South Korea’s total to 5,621, with at least 32 deaths, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and
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