COVID-19 Updates
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Cambodia’s biggest casino to slash jobs, redundancy pay as Covid-19 hits profits
With plunging profits, Cambodia’s largest casino is set to slash 1,300 jobs and pay redundant staff a fraction of the severance money they are legally owed, the workers’ union and…
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Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong says economic outlook brighter amid global recovery
The Singapore and world economies face better-than-anticipated prospects of revival this year, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a May Day speech given a day early on Friday.“Compared to…
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India reports over 400,000 coronavirus infections in a single day
India on Saturday recorded over 400,000 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, the first country to do so in the pandemic, official data showed.According to the health ministry, 401,993 new…
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India’s Covid-19 surge is taking its toll on mental health, even for those who don’t have the virus
Every phone call brings trepidation.Because every call is, inevitably, about the coronavirus. Often, it is a call for help – someone needs a hospital bed, or the hospital has run…
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Coronavirus: Australians returning from India could face jail or fines
Australian residents and citizens who have been in India within 14 days of the date they plan to return home will be banned from entering Australia as of Monday and…
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Born in a pandemic: a lesson in love, patience and perseverance for a new mother
On April 5, my husband and I welcomed our first child. The baby arrived one month early, weighing only 2.5kg, but was healthy and strong. The thrill was beyond words…
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Singapore’s loss is Indonesia’s gain: local hospitals benefit from medical tourism as borders stay shut
As Indonesia’s borders stay shut for a year and counting, people who used to travel overseas for medical treatment are turning to local hospitals.“More cancer patients are showing up at…
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Covid crisis: Australians trying to return home from India face up to $66,000 fine or five years’ jail
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg defends Coalition’s move as ‘drastic’ but needed The Australian government will introduce penalties including fines and jail time for anyone who tries to return home from India,…
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Singapore’s Covid-19 hospital cluster, reinfected migrant workers and ‘viral shedding’ – causes for concern?
After months of reporting few if any locally transmitted cases, Singapore has in recent weeks seen reinfections among migrant workers who had previously recovered from Covid-19, as well as reports…
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Biden to restrict travel from India to US due to rise in Covid-19 cases
India’s healthcare system has been overwhelmed by the latest surge, with 386,452 new cases – which may be an undercount The US will restrict travel from India starting next week,…