SINGAPORE – Twelve people are being investigated for their suspected involvement in illegal gambling activities and non-compliance with safe distancing measures after a police operation in Bukit Panjang. Officers from Jurong Police Division conducted the operation at a residential unit in Gangsa Road on Thursday (June 10) at about 9pm, the police said on Friday. They […]
LANZHOU, CHINA (XINHUA) – Twenty-seven people, including several municipal government officials, face disciplinary punishment or criminal charges after being held responsible for a deadly ultramarathon race last month in which 21 runners died, local authorities announced here on Friday (June 11). A 100km cross-country mountain race in the north-western province of Gansu turned deadly on […]
SINGAPORE – Most major private healthcare institutions here have applied to be licensed providers of Sinovac’s Covid-19 vaccine. This comes after the Ministry of Health (MOH) announced earlier this month that it would be inviting private healthcare institutions to provide the vaccine. The deadline for applications was noon on Friday (June 11). MOH had earlier […]
SINGAPORE – From June 16, self-administered Covid-19 test kits will be sold in pharmacies here as increased testing becomes part of the “new normal” way of life with the coronavirus. Having previously undergone five different types of Covid-19 swabs, including one done by a robot, I decided to try one of these do-it-yourself test kits to see […]
MANILA (AFP) – The Philippines is once again polio-free, the World Health Organisation said on Friday (June 11), after a successful vaccination campaign that has raised hopes for Covid-19 inoculations in a country plagued by mistrust of jabs. Polio re-emerged in the country in 2019, nearly two decades after its last cases were detected, sparking […]
SINGAPORE – There were nine new coronavirus cases confirmed as at noon on Friday (June 11), including three in the community, said the Ministry of Health. All three community cases are currently unlinked. No cases were reported in workers’ dormitories. There were also six imported cases that had been placed on stay-home notice or isolated […]
QUETTA, PAKISTAN (REUTERS) – A bus crammed with pilgrims coming back from a religious festival crashed in south-west Pakistan on Friday (June 11), killing at least 20 and leaving 10 others critically injured, officials and a hospital doctor said. The bus careened off the road into a ditch during the early morning in the Karkh […]
BANGKOK (REUTERS) – Thailand has signed a purchase order for 20 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech to be delivered before the end of this year, its health minister said. Details of the deal, delivery time frame and the vaccine’s approval by the Food and Drug Administration would be worked […]
TAIPEI (REUTERS) – Thailand is prioritising AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines produced in the country for itself due to the severity of the pandemic there, which has delayed deliveries to Taiwan, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Friday (June 11). Taiwan is dealing with a spike in domestic infections and only 3 per cent of its 23.5 million […]
CANBERRA (REUTERS) – Australia will refurbish its ageing Collins-class submarine fleet, The Australian newspaper reported on Friday (June 11), as doubts over Canberra’s A$50 billion (S$51 billion) deal for 12 new submarines built by French shipbuilder Naval Group grow. Australia in 2016 selected Naval Group to build a new submarine fleet to replace its more […]