SINGAPORE – Four Singaporeans aged between 55 and 80 have died from complications linked to Covid-19, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Saturday (Oct 2). They are three women and a man, all of whom were unvaccinated and had various underlying medical conditions, said MOH. It was the 13th straight day that deaths from […]
SINGAPORE – Singapore has gone beyond the point of imposing strict measures like lockdowns and people should not get too anxious or fearful about the total number of new cases being reported daily, said Finance Minister Lawrence Wong on Saturday (Oct 2). His comments came amid calls by some people for a lockdown in the […]
SINGAPORE – Unvaccinated seniors are at the highest risk of needing treatment in the intensive care unit (ICU) and dying when they get infected with Covid-19, said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung on Saturday (Oct 2) during an update by the multi-ministry task force tackling the coronavirus pandemic. Mr Ong, together with director of medical services […]
SINGAPORE – Singapore could see Covid-19 cases hit 5,000 a day in two weeks, although the vast majority of people – 98 per cent – will have mild or no symptoms, especially if they are vaccinated. This comes as the authorities do a major review of all healthcare protocols to help make them simpler and […]
TOKYO – The word “ronin”, traditionally used to describe a wandering samurai with no lord, is used in modern Japan to refer to an undergraduate who becomes a “nomad” after failing the entrance exams to his desired university. Japan’s incoming prime minister Fumio Kishida was one such ronin, and was seen as an embarrassment by […]
BEIJING (AFP) – The anti-graft authorities in China announced on Saturday (Oct 2) that they were investigating the country’s former justice minister, the latest senior cadre to be drawn into Beijing’s sweeping corruption drive. A growing number of top Communist figures have been caught up in President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign, which critics say has […]
SINGAPORE – While the eight-week rostered routine testing exercise is not compulsory, companies and workers can still be in trouble if they submit fake antigen rapid test (ART) results. This is because they can be convicted of cheating or forgery, lawyer Cory Wong told The Sunday Times. Mr Wong had represented Chinese national, Zhang Shaopeng, […]
SINGAPORE – After more than 160 dialogues involving over 5,700 people, a clearer portrait of the Singapore woman has emerged. While women have made strides over the years, they continue to face workplace discrimination and are still expected to shoulder much of the caregiving role at home. Other challenges like being sexually targeted and exploited […]
SINGAPORE – Two new polyclinics opened in Bukit Panjang and Kallang on Saturday (Oct 2) located together with related facilities such as a nursing home and a chronic sick unit respectively. A third polyclinic in Eunos, expected to open in December, will be co-located with a senior care centre. “By co-locating polyclinics with healthcare facilities […]
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s main stock index rose on Friday as the prospect of the first oral antiviral medication for COVID-19 boosted the sectors that could benefit most from a recovery in economic growth, but the market still posted a decline for the week.FILE PHOTO: The Art Deco facade of the original Toronto Stock Exchange […]