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Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 12, 2020
COVID-19: Hotels rolling out more staycation packages for Singaporeans
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SINGAPORE: With more Singaporeans unsure about travelling overseas due to the spike in COVID-19 cases across the world, hotels here are gearing up to entice people to take staycations instead. Graphic designer Shermin Sim, 25, and her boyfriend were considering going to Japan for Sakura season in late March this year. However, they decided against it after the
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 12, 2020
Commentary: Can vitamin C really help with your cold or even COVID-19?
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ABERDEEN: Vitamin C is a common remedy that some people believe will cure the common cold and flu. Although it helps us maintain good immune function, however, there’s little evidence that it can prevent or substantially reduce either of these diseases. Advertisement Advertisement Yet, in the midst of the novel coronavirus outbreak, some “influencers” are
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 12, 2020
Indonesians turn to traditional remedies to fend off COVID-19
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JAKARTA: Traditional remedies are widely sought after in Indonesia as concern grows over the COVID-19 outbreak. Javanese turmeric, red ginger, lemongrass and cinnamon – the ingredients needed to make traditional herbal drink jamu – are selling fast in wet markets, with their prices jumped up to 150 per cent last week. Advertisement Advertisement Jamu peddlers also
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 12, 2020
12 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore including RSAF servicemen who were in France on official duty
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SINGAPORE: Twelve new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Singapore on Wednesday (Mar 11), including eight imported cases and one linked to the SAFRA Jurong cluster. The latest confirmed cases bring Singapore’s total to 178, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in a daily update. Advertisement Advertisement Among the new imported cases, three are Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF)
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 12, 2020
Second stimulus package in the works as global economy, COVID-19 situation worsens: DPM Heng
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SINGAPORE: The Government has started working on a second stimulus package about 10 days ago as both the global economy and COVID-19 outbreak have worsened since the first package was announced three weeks ago, said Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat on Wednesday (Mar 11). During the Budget statement on Feb 18, Mr Heng had unveiled
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 11, 2020
Indonesia reports its first death linked to COVID-19 in Bali
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JAKARTA: A foreign patient has become the first person with COVID-19 to die in Indonesia, a health ministry official said on Wednesday (Mar 11), adding that it is unclear if the virus had caused her death. The patient, Case 25, is a 53-year-old woman. Advertisement Advertisement “At around 2am, the patient with the identity of Case 25 died,” Mr Achmad
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 11, 2020
Nurse with COVID-19 did not attend to coronavirus patients in last 14 days: Ng Teng Fong General Hospital
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SINGAPORE: A nurse infected with COVID-19 had complied with infection control measures while she was at work, said Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (NTFGH) on Wednesday (Mar 11). She also did not attend to any confirmed COVID-19 patients in the last 14 days in the course of her clinical duties, said NTFGH’s CEO Foo Hee Jug in
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 11, 2020
Two RSAF regulars on home quarantine after four others diagnosed with COVID-19
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SINGAPORE: Two Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) regular servicemen have been placed on home quarantine after four others were confirmed to have contracted COVID-19, said the Ministry of Defence on Wednesday (Mar 11). In its daily update on the coronavirus situation in Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MOH) had said that a total of
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 11, 2020
Muhyiddin announces new economic council for COVID-19 and falling oil prices; will consider reinstating GST
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said on Wednesday (Mar 11) that he will set up an economic action council to tackle COVID-19 as well as the issue of falling oil prices. Speaking to reporters after chairing his first Cabinet meeting, the new prime minister also said that he will consider reinstating the Goods
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 11, 2020
Briton struck with COVID-19 in Wuhan recalls: ‘I couldn’t get enough air’
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LONDON: Connor Reed was working in Wuhan when he contracted the coronavirus in late 2019, suffering common cold-like symptoms, then flu, and ultimately pneumonia which hospitalized him and left him struggling to breathe. Now fully recovered after a month of sickness, and still living in Wuhan, where the epidemic first broke out, Welshman Reed, 25,
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 11, 2020
Most people in Germany will get COVID-19, aim is to slow its spread: Merkel
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BERLIN: Up to 70 per cent of the population is likely to be infected with the coronavirus that is currently spreading around the world, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday (Mar 11), adding that since there was currently no cure, the focus had to be on slowing its spread. “When the virus is out
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 11, 2020
Singaporean restaurant owner tests positive for COVID-19 in Thailand
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BANGKOK: Thailand reported six new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday (Mar 11), including a Singaporean man who owns a restaurant in Bangkok’s business district. The new patients bring the total number of COVID-19 cases in Thailand to 59. Advertisement Advertisement The 36-year-old Singaporean man fell ill on Monday and went to a private hospital in the Thai capital
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 11, 2020
Sentosa to grant free entry until end-June, rent deferments to support businesses through COVID-19
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SINGAPORE: Visitors will get to enter Sentosa for free from Mar 14 until the end of June, as part of the resort island’s new supportive measures for its businesses amid the COVID-19 outbreak. This is an extension of an earlier plan to waive admission fees for all visitors during the March school holidays, Sentosa Development
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Commentary: The perfect storm for a COVID-19 outbreak lies in North Korea
SEOUL: On Tuesday (Mar 10), North Korea’s state media issued a report decrying the damage COVID-19 is doing not to its public health, but to its economy. Uriminzokkiri, a state outlet, reported that government-mandated measures put in place to stop the virus, such as large-scale quarantines, have caused huge economic losses. Advertisement Advertisement The tone