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Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 14, 2020
Thai grocery trucks get new life from COVID-19 shutdown
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PATHUM THANI, Thailand: Cries of “Food, here comes the food,” echoed through a Bangkok neighbourhood as Wannapa Yarnsarn’s truck arrived with everything from mangoes and dried chillies to fresh pork for sale. People emerged from homes where they have been sheltering in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus, choosing their shopping from
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 14, 2020
Life at the Singapore Expo: A COVID-19 patient shares his experience in a community isolation facility
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SINGAPORE: The conditions are functional, the rooms are basic, but COVID-19 patient Matthew’s resolve is stronger than ever – he hopes to return home to his family as soon as possible. Matthew, a 24-year-old student who asked that his full name not be used, has been transferred around a number of locations – from a ward at the National
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 12, 2020
‘I owe them my life’: Out of intensive care, UK’s Boris Johnson praises medics
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LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he owes his life to the staff of Britain’s state-run National Health Service, in his first comments since being released from intensive care for treatment for COVID-19. Johnson, 55, was taken to St Thomas’s Hospital in central London a week ago, suffering from persistent symptoms of the disease caused
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 1, 2020
Designers dream up new gadgets to fight COVID-19, make life during pandemic easier
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LONDON/OAKLAND/BUCHAREST: Driving to work at his factory to the west of London last week, designer Steve Brooks had coronavirus on his mind. What could he make that would let him open a door without touching the handle? “Everyone has to use their little finger or find the bit of the door that nobody’s touched,” said
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
In China, walled up Wuhan awaits life beyond the barricades
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WUHAN, China: The bright yellow barricades snake through the streets of Wuhan, dividing up the epicentre of China’s coronavirus outbreak into segments that can be easily monitored for people disobeying orders to stay home. Separating neighbours and blocking shuttered shops, the roughly two-metre tall plastic barriers are a common sight in the car-manufacturing city of
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 24, 2020
Missing the little things: What life is like under Malaysia’s movement control order
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KUALA LUMPUR: For the past few days, I have been bothered by this tiny prickling pain on my fingertips, most possibly from swiping the cracked screen of my handphone. The phone had fallen from the couch and hit the marble floor with a thud last Tuesday (Mar 17), just hours before Malaysia’s movement control order (MCO)
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 10, 2020
‘It’s like someone’s hit pause on life’: China turns to therapy amid virus lockdown
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BEIJING: Therapists, counselling hotlines and online wellness groups in China are struggling to cope with surging demand for emotional help as the coronavirus outbreak upends normal life. A shortage of mental health providers is exacerbating the problem in the country where unprecedented measures to contain the deadly outbreak have left tens of millions in lockdown
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