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Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 7, 2020
COVID-19: Ensuring the elderly don’t become isolated during the outbreak
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SINGAPORE: Organisations that provide care and support for the elderly are stepping up outreach efforts to prevent loneliness and heightened isolation among old folks during tighter safe distancing measures put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. To protect seniors – a vulnerable group at a higher risk of getting a severe infection – activities for them
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 7, 2020
Best response to COVID-19 pandemic is to build resilience in economy, society: DPM Heng
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SINGAPORE: Singapore is feeling the full effects of the economic shocks and border closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic around the world and within the country, the more stringent measures being put in place will have a bigger impact on the economy, said Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat on Tuesday (Apr 7). The local
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 7, 2020
Scammers try selling world’s tallest statue as COVID-19 pandemic boosts India’s cyber crime
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MUMBAI: Police in India lodged a case this week against an unknown online fraudster who tried selling the world’s largest statue for US$4 billion, claiming the proceeds would be used to help the Gujarat state government fund its fight against the coronavirus. While the plot to sell the Statue of Unity, a monument that is
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 7, 2020
8 stores given warnings for not complying with COVID-19 safe distancing measures
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SINGAPORE: Seven food and beverage (F&B) outlets and one retail store have been issued advisory letters for not implementing adequate safe distancing measures, Enterprise Singapore (ESG) said on Tuesday (Apr 7). The outlets are ChiCha San Chen at Jem and Tampines 1, Kaffe and Toast at Clementi Mall, Koi at VivoCity and Jurong Point, Nakhon
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 7, 2020
‘What will I live on?’: Europeans seek state aid during COVID-19 crisis
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BERLIN: Thousands of self-employed people across Europe have found themselves without work from one day to the next as governments ordered shops shut, events cancelled and gatherings banned to stem contagion of the novel coronavirus. AFP has spoken to a cross-section of society hard hit by the ensuing economic crisis – some who have received
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 7, 2020
Bill to allow special arrangements for General Election during COVID-19 outbreak introduced in Parliament
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SINGAPORE: Voters who are in quarantine or under stay orders due to COVID-19 will be able to vote outside of their electoral districts in the upcoming General Election, in special provisions introduced for the next election, said the Elections Department (ELD) on Tuesday (Apr 7). The Parliamentary Elections (COVID-19 Special Arrangements) Bill was introduced in Parliament
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 7, 2020
Testing times: Pregnancy in the time of COVID-19 pandemic
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MADRID: Pregnant with twins, Ainhoa Martinez knows she probably should be home being careful rather than putting herself at risk by serving the public every day at her boutique teashop near Madrid. With all but food shops shuttered for the past three weeks as Spain seeks to curb the spread of the virus that has
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 7, 2020
As morgues overflow, New York struggles with COVID-19 dead
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NEW YORK: Refrigerator trucks parked outside hospital doors, overwhelmed undertakers, and talk about temporary burials in parks: America’s coronavirus epicenter of New York is grappling with how to deal with the dead. As the Big Apple’s death toll from COVID-19 soared to 3,485 on Monday (Mar 7), images of bodies covered in sheets being transported on
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 7, 2020
COVID-19: Delivery and takeaway models unsustainable, say restaurants owners
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SINGAPORE: For the first time in its 25-year history, Swee Kee Eating House has shut its doors. It was a poignant moment for its owner, Mr Cedric Tang. He had grown up running along the shophouses at Amoy Street. The staff, many of them in their 60s who had worked there since its opening, had been there
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 7, 2020
COVID-19: Toh Guan Dormitory declared as isolation area under Infectious Diseases Act
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SINGAPORE: Toh Guan Dormitory has been declared as an isolation area under the Infectious Diseases Act, following a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in several foreign worker dormitories across Singapore. Toh Guan Dormitory was declared as an isolation area “for the purpose of preventing the spread or possible outbreak of the infectious disease COVID-19”,
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 7, 2020
WHO warns masks are no ‘silver bullet’ for ending COVID-19 pandemic
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GENEVA: The WHO said on Monday (Apr 6) that face masks could be justified in areas where hand-washing and physical distancing were difficult, as it teamed up with Lady Gaga to launch a giant coronavirus awareness concert. World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said masks alone though were no “silver bullet” to defeating the COVID-19
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 7, 2020
Commentary: China billionaires a force to be reckoned with in global COVID-19 fight – and more
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BLOOMINGTON, Indiana: Less than a month after China confirmed the emergence of what soon became the new coronavirus pandemic, the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba pledged US$144 million in medical supplies for Hubei province and its capital city Wuhan. Soon after that Jan 29 announcement, Chinese billionaire Jack Ma, Alibaba’s founder, said he was giving away
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 7, 2020
France started including data from nursing homes last Thursday, which partially explains why the official number of deaths has more than doubled since Wednesday. The health ministry data showed that 605 people died from COVID-19 in hospitals in the last 24 hours – a new daily record – taking hospital fatalities to 6,494. The figure represented a 10% increase, up from 6% on Sunday and 9% on Saturday. Nursing homes deaths also rose 10% to 2,417, bringing the total to 8,911, an increase of 10% on Sunday’s tally. A total of 7,072 serious coronavirus cases were being treated in intensive care units, Veran added, a rise of just 1.3% from Sunday, giving the French health system small but much-needed relief.
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PARIS: France’s coronavirus figures on Monday (Apr 6) showed that the rate of increase in fatalities – now at almost 9,000 – sped up again after several days of slowing, while the increase in people needing intensive care continued to decelerate. The total number of cases, combining hospital and nursing home statistics, increased by 5,171
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Commentary: Has COVID-19 made e-commerce and online shopping the new normal?
SINGAPORE: As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on worldwide, a new digital normal seems to be emerging from the disruption to regular routines and behaviours. People are working remotely, and attending classes and religious services online. Even annual mass sporting events are adapting to this new normal. People are organising their own virtual runs, where runners