SINGAPORE – A man was charged in court on Thursday (April 30) after he allegedly breached his stay-home notice (SHN) on two occasions amid the coronavirus outbreak. Based on Straits Times reports, he is the 29th person to appear in court over Covid-19-related offences after the circuit breaker started on April 7. Apart from breaching […]
MANILA (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – For sure, nobody’s singing this song anytime soon in any karaoke bar even after the enhanced community quarantine. Iisang Dagat (One Sea), a song “dedicated to those (who) contributed to the fight against Covid-19, with special thanks to the China Medical Expert Team,” according to Chinese Foreign Ministry […]
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – Sales of plane tickets leaving Beijing surged shortly after the local government announced it will lower its municipal emergency response to the coronavirus outbreak to the second-highest level, from the highest level now. As the Chinese capital prepares to host the nation’s highest-profile political meeting next month, the city will relax quarantine […]
The team of eight Chinese coronavirus experts waved flags and gave the thumbs up when they arrived in Kuala Lumpur on April 19. If not for the masks they were wearing, the cameras would probably have caught their wide grins. Such is the face of Beijing’s “mask diplomacy” or “virus diplomacy” that has seen medical […]
SINGAPORE – A man allegedly breached his stay-home notice (SHN) on two occasions after he was ordered to stay indoors between March 24 and April 7 during the coronavirus outbreak. Singaporean Ong Chong Kiat, 50, is said to have unlawfully left his Hougang home before going to the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) Building on […]
If polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests are the foot soldiers in the war against Covid-19, then antibody tests (or serology tests) are the generals. The PCR test allows for immediate action in case a person is currently infected, while the serology test shows if current measures are working well and shapes future policy planning. Here […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday he is keeping some $259 billion worth of coronavirus aid capital in reserve for new or expanded Federal Reserve Lending programs, but is not considering further aid to airlines at the moment. Mnuchin told reporters during a video news briefing that all of the […]
Good evening! Catch up on some of the main headlines on Wednesday, April 29. 690 new coronavirus cases take Singapore tally past 15,000 mark Six Singaporeans and permanent residents are among the new patients. READ MORE HERE Singtel, joint StarHub-M1 venture win licences to build two nationwide 5G networks More than half of Singapore will […]
LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England faces the nearly impossible task of putting numbers on the scale of the coronavirus recession next week, when it must also decide whether to expand its already huge 645 billion pound bond-buying programme. First and foremost, the BoE is waiting for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to decide when […]
(Reuters) – European shares struggled to maintain early gains on Wednesday, as a slide in defensive stocks countered upbeat forecasts from German automakers and sensor specialist AMS as well as a bounce in oil prices. The pan-European STOXX 600 rose as much as 0.3% but turned flat as healthcare .SXDP, technology .SX8P and personal & […]