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Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 10, 2020
Commentary: Japan’s COVID-19 response is hamstrung by bureaucracy
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TOKYO: If the Japanese government’s performance in dealing with the COVID-19 threat is any indication, the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games are doomed to fail even before they begin. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is preparing emergency coronavirus legislation, and a majority of schools are now closed as Abe requested for around a month in an effort
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 10, 2020
Commentary: Imagine holding the US elections during a COVID-19 outbreak
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SINGAPORE: The World Health Organisation said Singapore’s efforts in tackling cases of COVID-19 are a model for other countries to follow. In the midst of this year’s Presidential campaign, it’s hard to imagine the US having the will or the way to do what Singapore has done. Advertisement Advertisement If the United States were to
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 10, 2020
Commentary: Please don’t shout ‘coronavirus’ at people
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LIVERPOOL: I’ve lived and worked in Liverpool for two years now. But this week, I received my first rather random, racially-motivated slur. I was at a cemetery, taking my students on a field trip, when we encountered a group of teenagers. One started gesturing, and as she walked past, made eye contact and yelled “coronavirus!”
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 9, 2020
Commentary: COVID-19 – research shows proper hand drying is also vital
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Commentary Commentary Our findings also highlight that hot air hand dryers and cloth roller towels can be a problematic way of drying your hands, say two health sciences experts at Swansea University. File photo of a person washing their hands. (Photo: AFP/Anthony Wallace) 09 Mar 2020 03:36PM Bookmark SWANSEA, United Kingdom: With the number of
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 9, 2020
Commentary: On sick leave, but China still makes great leap forward in Med Tech
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SINGAPORE: It’s hardly surprising that online gaming, video streaming and fresh food e-commerce are in high demand during what has become over a month of (self) quarantine for many Chinese during the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus. More interestingly, adapting quickly to this new reality, Chinese schools have massively adopted online education and Chinese companies
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 9, 2020
Commentary: COVID-19 – time for businesses and workers to have the guts to embrace the new normal
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SINGAPORE: Over a cup of coffee recently, a friend of mine, under pressure because of the beating his business is taking amid the COVID-19 outbreak, unleashed a torrent of worries and frustrations. Given the fluidity of the situation, he and his team were struggling to cope with fresh uncertainties of how the business would operate.
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 8, 2020
Commentary: How helping at home benefited my wife, our children and even me
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SINGAPORE: My wife was about to return to work following the birth of our second child, and she was worried. How was she going to meet the demands of the job while supporting the needs of our young family? Fully supportive of her career, I started to go into solution mode throwing out ideas around
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 8, 2020
Commentary: The road to housing for single, unwed mothers is clearer but still bumpy
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SINGAPORE: International Women’s Day offers an opportunity to evaluate the extent to which socio-economic and other gaps between men and women have narrowed. But any true vision of gender equality must also consider differences between women – including the difference between married and unmarried mothers. Advertisement Advertisement Unwed mothers face a double disadvantage: They single-handedly
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
Commentary: What does Ronan Keating know about Singapore ports?
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SINGAPORE: Irish singer and former Boyzone star Ronan Keating recently posted a scenic sea view picture on Instagram that broke the Internet in Singapore. The funny thing is: I have a sunset version of a similar shot, taken on a flight back to Singapore after a long trip. It was a sight that warmed the
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
Commentary: Reaching net-zero emissions will be ‘very challenging’. But watch Singapore try anyway
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SINGAPORE: The announcement of Singapore’s vision for a “low-carbon and climate resilient Singapore” on Friday (Feb 28) was a timely one. Singapore’s mitigation vision has two stated goals. First, an absolute peak emission level of 65 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent by 2030 and second, an aspiration to halve the emissions peak emissions to
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 6, 2020
Commentary: COVID-19 will hit gig workers particularly hard
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NEW YORK CITY: Investors in the gyrating US stock markets might be forgiven for feeling seasick this week. On Wednesday (Mar 4), share prices rose more than 4 per cent after the Super Tuesday primaries and approval by the House of Representatives of a US$8 billion package to combat the coronavirus outbreak. Advertisement Advertisement It
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 6, 2020
Commentary: COVID-19 has laid a political minefield for many major countries
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LONDON: So much for the sanctity of national sovereignty. Viruses do not respect state frontiers; nor do they pay heed to the anti-immigrant banners waved aloft by a generation of populist leaders. The worldwide spread of coronavirus has instead given eloquent expression to the stubborn fact of international interdependence. Advertisement Advertisement Donald Trump’s America First
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 6, 2020
Commentary: How did a dog catch COVID-19? Until we know more, pet owners should take preventive steps
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SINGAPORE: We know that the COVID-19 virus passed from an animal source to people in Wuhan, China, and is now spreading rapidly and globally with direct human-to-human transmission. But two months after the first cluster of infections emerged, there is still a great deal we do not fully understand about the virus, including how contagious
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Commentary: Italy’s ‘darkest hour’: How a country-wide lockdown is generating divisions
SALFORD: The Italian government’s decision to expand its lockdown from two small areas of the north to encompass the entire country is a sign of its increasing desperation to control the spread of novel coronavirus. The number of positive cases by the evening of Mar 9 stood at at over 9,000 with more than 460 people having