SINGAPORE – Singapore has given 122,400 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine as well as medical supplies to support Thailand’s fight against Covid-19. Singapore’s ambassador in Bangkok, Mr Kevin Cheok, handed over the items, which included 200,000 diagnostic tests and 500,000 nasopharyngeal swabs, to Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health Anutin Charnvirakul on Monday […]
SINGAPORE – Virtual and hybrid tourism offerings are here to stay even as borders gradually reopen, said Minister of State for Trade and Industry Alvin Tan on Monday (Sept 27). They will help to complement real-world travel in a Covid-19 world, he added. Speaking at the Singapore Tourism Accelerator Demo Day, he said: “So why […]
SINGAPORE – Forty-two per cent of people here are willing to wait longer for their turn to receive in-patient non-urgent care at hospitals, if beds are filled up by Covid-19 patients, according to a survey. Fifty-two per cent of those polled are willing to do the same for outpatient non-urgent care. Among the second group, 22 per […]
SINGAPORE – Two people were jailed in separate cases on Monday (Sept 27) for redeeming face masks using illegally retained IC numbers. Ang Poh Lay, 47, who was a clinic assistant at Tan & Yik Clinic & Surgery, was sentenced to nine weeks’ jail. She pleaded guilty to one charge each of cheating and using […]
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Monday, Sept 27. 2 seniors die of Covid-19; 1,939 new cases in Singapore It is the sixth consecutive day that the number of cases has crossed 1,000. READ MORE HERE Merkel’s party narrowly loses to rivals in Germany’s election: Projected results Olaf Scholz would become the […]
SINGAPORE – As a regular blood donor for almost a decade, Mr Sakthibalan Balathandautham, 28, was no stranger to helping patients in need. While checking his Instagram messages in July last year, he came across a plea by a young couple looking for a liver donor for their one-year-old daughter, Rheya. This, he thought, was […]
SINGAPORE – Two unvaccinated Singaporean women, aged 97 and 69, have died of Covid-19 complications. The 97-year-old died on Saturday (Sept 25) after testing positive on Sept 18, while the 69-year-old died on Sept 24 after testing positive that day, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Sunday. The first woman had a history of […]
KOLKATA (AFP) – Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated in three Indian states ahead of a cyclone expected to smash into the east coast later Sunday (Sept 26), authorities said. Cyclones are a regular menace in the northern Indian Ocean but many scientists say they are becoming more frequent and severe as climate […]
SINGAPORE – The threat of extremism and terrorism continues to evolve and remains a worry, especially with the recent political turmoil in Afghanistan, said Minister of State for Home Affairs Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim on Sunday (Sept 26). The humanitarian crisis unfolding in Afghanistan is fast becoming a global security concern, and transnational terrorist groups such […]
Taiwan’s main opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT), on Saturday (Sept 25) averted what could have been a disaster by electing as its chairman the moderate candidate Eric Chu, a deeply experienced politician with stints in the central and local governments. Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday sent a congratulatory note to Mr Chu, saying his […]