SINGAPORE – After seven years of relatively few sightings, the palm-sized tropical swallowtail moth has made a comeback in urban Singapore. The moth’s wingspan can grow up to 16cm, and in Singapore, only the Atlas moth is bigger. Please subscribe or log in to continue reading the full article. Get unlimited access to all stories […]
Covid-19 vaccines were developed so quickly, they cannot be safe. Surely some shortcuts must have been taken. The Ministry of Health (MOH) has said that there are four key reasons why Covid-19 vaccines were developed so quickly. First, vaccine manufacturers invested a significant amount of resources to ramp up production. Second, strong global partnerships between […]
SINGAPORE – As Singapore shifts to preparing to live with Covid-19, experts are calling for stepped-up efforts to get older folk vaccinated, to help shield them from the likelihood of being hit by the coronavirus and succumbing to it. Hundreds of unvaccinated seniors could be infected and face life-threatening illnesses in the next 12 months […]
SINGAPORE – Hundreds of unvaccinated seniors could die in the next 12 months as Singapore loosens Covid-19 restrictions, warned Associate Professor Alex Cook, the vice-dean of research at the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health. Speaking to The Straits Times, Prof Cook explained that Singapore already sees hundreds of […]
HANOI (REUTERS) – Vietnam will impose movement restrictions in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho for 14 days starting on Monday (July 12), the government said, as the South-east Asian country battles its worst outbreak of the pandemic. The city of 1.23 million people in the far south has reported seven infections over the […]
SINGAPORE – Better teaching of life skills at the polytechnics and the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) is on the cards, after six months of community engagements by Second Minister for Education Maliki Osman. The engagements are part of a larger review of applied education led by Dr Maliki, and have found that students need […]
FILE PHOTO: A factory area is seen in front of Mount Fuji in Yokohama, Japan, January 16, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonTOKYO (Reuters) – Japan stands ready to pump more money into the economy to ease the pain of a prolonged pandemic, the top government spokesman said on Sunday, nodding to growing political calls for additional stimulus […]
SINGAPORE – A Republic of Singapore Navy vessel set sail for Indonesia’s Tanjung Priok on Sunday morning (July 11), carrying oxygen to supplement the country’s fight against Covid-19. Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security Teo Chee Hean said in a Facebook post that the ship carried two tanks with 40 tonnes of liquid […]
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Sunday, July 11. Unlinked Covid-19 cases in S’pore increase from 1 to 9 in past week There were no locally transmitted cases reported on Saturday, the first time since April 25. READ MORE HERE S’pore tightens border measures for travellers from Indonesia amid spike in […]
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Sunday, July 11. Unlinked Covid-19 cases in S’pore increase from 1 to 9 in past week There were no locally transmitted cases reported on Saturday, the first time since April 25. READ MORE HERE S’pore tightens border measures for travellers from Indonesia amid spike in […]