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Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
China sees slight rise in new COVID-19 infections as imported cases jump
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BEIJING: China reported a slight increase in new COVID-19 cases for the second straight day, as the number of infections involving incoming overseas travellers hit a two-week high. China reported 63 new cases on Wednesday (Apr 8), up from 62 a day earlier, the National Health Commission said. Advertisement Advertisement Of those, 61 involved travellers arriving
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
COVID-19 crisis could plunge half a billion people into poverty, says charity Oxfam
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LONDON: The fallout from the coronavirus spread that has killed more than 83,000 people and wreaked havoc on economies around the world could push around half a billion people into poverty, Oxfam said on Thursday (Apr 9). The report released by the Nairobi-based charity ahead of next week’s International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank annual meeting calculated
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
Super spreader: US man with COVID-19 infects 15 after attending funeral, birthday party
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WASHINGTON: Back in late February, when the US thought it had sealed itself off from the coronavirus, a Chicago resident with mild respiratory symptoms went to pay his respects at a funeral as a friend of the family. Three days later, he would celebrate at a birthday party with his own relatives. Advertisement Advertisement The
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
Grounded by COVID-19, these pilots and cabin crew now educate the public on safe distancing
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SINGAPORE: Leonard Wang manoeuvres deftly through the small gaps between some stalls at Chong Pang Market with the ease of a seasoned professional. On a normal day, the 33-year-old would be in the skies but on this particular Wednesday (Apr 8), he is grounded. Not that he seems to mind. Advertisement Advertisement Used to facing rows of passenger
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
US pharmacies authorised to test for COVID-19
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WASHINGTON: The US authorised pharmacies on Wednesday (Apr 8) to carry out tests for the coronavirus, including newly developed antibody tests that detect whether a person who has recovered from illness had COVID-19. Health secretary Alex Azar, announced that all tests approved by regulators could be carried out by pharmacies as the country seeks to ramp
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
US COVID-19 deaths exceed 14,600, second-highest in world after Italy
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WASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday (Apr 8) surpassed 14,600 COVID-19 deaths, the second-highest in the world after Italy. The pandemic has now claimed the lives of at least 14,695 people in the United States, which leads the world in the number of confirmed infections with 429,052, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
New York hospital sends some ‘borderline’ COVID-19 patients home with oxygen monitors
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NEW YORK: Some coronavirus patients who would have been admitted into the emergency department at a New York hospital are being sent home with an oxygen-monitoring device as the city’s medical system struggles to reserve resources for only the sickest people. The new program at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is an examlifestyleple of how doctors are adapting
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
US nurses who can’t get tested fear they are spreading COVID-19
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NEW YORK: In New York City, an intensive care nurse treated patients for three days after she started displaying symptoms of COVID-19: but couldn’t get a test from her hospital. In Georgia, a nurse was denied a test after treating an infected patient who died. In Michigan, one of the few hospital systems conducting widespread
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
Southeast Asia’s renewable energy transition likely to take hit from COVID-19: Experts
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BANGKOK: Regional aspirations for a swift transition from fossil fuel to renewable energy are likely to be dashed by the economic and market crises triggered by the global COVID-19 outbreak, experts say. Southeast Asian nations already struggling to meet climate change targets will find those goals further from reach, with the unprecedented health emergency becoming the
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
Commentary: We are failing to manage the logistics of COVID-19 deaths
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BATH: We need to talk about dead bodies. Specifically the dead bodies being produced by COVID-19. This is different from saying we need to talk about death and dying (which we also need to do). I mean instead that we should focus our minds on what the human corpse means in this new pandemic reality.
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 8, 2020
COVID-19: Sungei Tengah Lodge declared an isolation area under Infectious Diseases Act
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SINGAPORE: A fourth foreign worker dormitory has been gazetted as an isolation area, following a rise in COVID-19 cases. Sungei Tengah Lodge was declared an isolation area under the Infectious Diseases Act “for the purpose of preventing the spread or possible outbreak of the infectious disease COVID-19”, according to a notice by the Ministry of
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 8, 2020
Hyflux applies to postpone scheme meetings, extend moratorium due to COVID-19 safe distancing rules
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SINGAPORE: Embattled Hyflux said on Wednesday (Apr 8) that it has applied to the Singapore High Court to postpone its scheme meetings scheduled this month, due to the heightened safe distancing measures put in place by local authorities to combat COVID-19. It is also seeking a three-month extension of its debt moratorium, which currently grants
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 8, 2020
Grab forced to close centre after crowd forms to collect food delivery bags amid COVID-19 measures
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SINGAPORE: Ride-hailing firm Grab was forced to close one of its offices on Wednesday (Apr 8) after a large number of drivers turned up to collect food delivery gear, on the second day of “circuit breaker” measures aimed at stopping the spread of COVID-19. Photos and videos circulating on social media showed long queues outside the operator’s
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Commentary: India’s handling of COVID-19 a man-made tragedy
NEW DELHI: “India is walking home,” declared the headline in The Indian Express as newspapers and television screens filled with images of millions of migrant workers, clutching their meagre belongings, trekking along India’s deserted highways to return to their homes, hundreds of kilometres away. Such images were last seen in India seven decades ago, when the