SINGAPORE – More than three weeks after four-year-old Muhammad Ali Zafir Mohamed Azmi recovered from Covid-19, he started having a high fever and chills one evening. Two days later, he started vomiting as well. This got his parents worried and he was taken to KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) on Nov 1, where he […]
SINGAPORE – Having a different mRNA vaccine as booster will lead to an equally effective outcome as sticking to the same vaccine, said Singapore’s director of medical services Kenneth Mak. Speaking at a press conference on Monday (Nov 8), Associate Professor Mak cited from his personal experience to assure the public. He had taken two […]
SINGAPORE – Vaccinated travellers will be able to take flights between Singapore and Malaysia without quarantine from Nov 29. The long-awaited reopening between the neighbouring countries will pave the way for families and friends separated by Covid-19 to reunite, as well as for workers to come in and for business links to resume. Singapore Prime […]
FILE PHOTO: People walk at a crossing in Shibuya shopping area, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Tokyo, Japan August 7, 2021. REUTERS/Androniki ChristodoulouTOKYO (Reuters) – Japan cut its view on economic conditions for the first time in more than two years after the coincident indicator index extended its decline in September, falling to the […]
FILE PHOTO: European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane speaks during a Reuters Newsmaker event in New York, U.S., September 27, 2019. REUTERS/Gary HeFRANKFURT (Reuters) – Euro zone inflation will ease next year and remains too weak in the medium term, European Central Bank chief economist Philip Lane told a Spanish newspaper, repeating the bank’s […]
SINGAPORE – Two men were taken to hospital after a collision involving three vehicles near Marina Bay Sands on Monday morning (Nov 8). The police said they were informed about the accident involving two cars and a taxi at the intersection of Bayfront Avenue and Marine Boulevard at around 8.15am. A car was overturned, and […]
SINGAPORE – Four children here infected with Covid-19 have also come down with a rare and severe inflammatory syndrome, the Ministry of Health (MOH) announced last Saturday (Nov 6). Among those with multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a four-year-old boy who is in the children’s intensive care unit, with his breathing supported by mechanical […]
LARKANA, PAKISTAN (REUTERS) – An endangered grey dolphin twitches its flippers weakly as it lies in a truck speeding towards a sanctuary in Pakistan, while rescuers sprinkle water on the animal to keep its skin moist and save it from dying. Blind, with a snout equipped with two rows of sharp teeth, the Indus river […]
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – Only two men in the Communist Party’s history have ever written a so-called historical resolution. China is waiting to see whether President Xi Jinping becomes the third. The first official declaration on Chinese history in 40 years is set to top the agenda when the ruling party huddles this week in the […]
SINGAPORE – There were 245,600 migrant domestic workers in Singapore as at June this year, according to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), down from the 261,800 that were working here in December 2019, before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. When the pandemic started early last year, a number of countries imposed strict quarantine rules […]