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Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 11, 2020
Essential service workers can drop children off at grandparents’ home for caregiving arrangements
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SINGAPORE: Essential service workers are allowed to drop their children off at their grandparents’ home for caregiving arrangements, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Friday (Apr 10). The multi-ministry COVID-19 task force previously said that parents should not send their children to the care of their grandparents on a daily basis during the “circuit breaker” period. Advertisement Advertisement
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 10, 2020
COVID-19: Parents not allowed to drop children off daily at grandparents’ place, open-air stadiums to close
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SINGAPORE: Parents will no longer be allowed to drop their children off at their grandparents’ place on a daily basis, said Health Minister Gan Kim Yong on Thursday (Apr 9), as part of further measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Singapore. This is to protect the elderly who are more vulnerable to the
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 6, 2020
COVID-19: All pre-school operators to provide 50% off school fees for one month for Singaporean children
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SINGAPORE: Parents of Singaporean pre-schoolers will get 50 per cent off their nett school fees for a month, for children who are not attending classes during the “circuit breaker” period. “The offset will be effected from the May 2020 invoice for parents,” said the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) and the Ministry of Education
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 28, 2020
Malaysian doctor, wife and 5 children test positive for COVID-19
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KUALA LUMPUR: A family of seven has tested positive for COVID-19 in Malaysia, but the doctor, his wife and five children are staying cheerful. The siblings are quarantined at the Teluk Intan Hospital and since Friday (Mar 27), a TikTok video by one of them, 17-year-old Erika Syamim Samsu Ambia, has been trending on Twitter. Advertisement Advertisement “Even
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 23, 2020
Schools remain safe places for children, additional precautionary measures implemented: Ong Ye Kung
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SINGAPORE: Schools remain safe places for children and many “significant additional precautionary measures” have been implemented to safeguard the entire system, Education Minister Ong Ye Kung said on Sunday (Mar 22). In a Facebook post a day before schools were due to reopen after the March holidays, Mr Ong said he had received many emails
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 20, 2020
300 million children missing school meals due to virus closures: World Food Programme
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GENEVA: Around 300 million children who depend on school meals are missing out due to closures triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, the World Food Programme said Friday (Mar 20). The WFP pointed out that more than 860 million children – roughly half the world’s student population – were having to stay away from schools and universities due
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 20, 2020
‘One of us needs to be at home’: Parents prepared to take leave or work from home to care for children on leave of absence
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SINGAPORE: Parents who have recently returned from a family holiday overseas said they will take leave or work from home to care for their children. This follows a Government announcement on Thursday (Mar 19) that all students and school staff members returning from travel during the March school holidays will be placed on a 14-day leave
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 14, 2020
Children less sick from COVID-19, but still spread the coronavirus
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PARIS: For reasons unknown, children rarely have severe symptoms when infected by COVID-19 and may even be a bit less likely to get the disease in the first place, experts told AFP. But that doesn’t mean infants, toddlers and teens are not carriers for the new coronavirus, which jumped from animals to humans in central
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 5, 2020
Priority cabins for elderly, disabled and children to be tested on North-East Line
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SINGAPORE: By the end of this year, a year-long trial of priority cabins for the elderly, wheelchair users and families with young children will start on the North-East Line (NEL), as part of efforts to create a more inclusive transport system. Under the initiative, the two centre cabins of each of the 19km line’s 49 trains
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