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Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 13, 2020
Police warn of scammers claiming Chinese officials seized COVID-19 ‘contraband medicine’
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SINGAPORE: Police on Monday (Apr 13) issued an advisory alerting the public to a scam in which callers pretending to be Ministry of Health (MOH) staff would claim that Chinese officials had seized COVID-19 contraband medicine registered under the victims’ names. Since March, at least five reports of such scams have been made, with victims losing
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 7, 2020
Medicine shortage looms over coronavirus-hit Europe
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THE HAGUE: While the world waits for a coronavirus vaccine, medicines used to deal with the symptoms of the disease are increasingly in critically short supply in Europe, the worst-hit continent. From sedatives needed to intubate patients struggling to breathe to anti-malarial drugs heavily backed by US President Donald Trump, the COVID-19 pandemic is eating
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 5, 2020
S$80,000 worth of illegal cough syrup, other medicine seized
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SINGAPORE: Thousands of dollars worth of codeine cough syrup and other medication was seized by the authorities on Tuesday (Mar 3), as part of a multi-agency operation into the illegal supply of medication. Officers uncovered more than 125L of codeine cough syrup and 63,000 units of assorted medication, including cough suppressants and sleeping pills. Advertisement
