COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus could hand Singapore Airlines a bigger share of India’s aviation market
Coronavirus is unexpectedly providing an opportunity for Singapore Airlines to grab a share of the lucrative Indian market held by rivals Emirates and Etihad Airways through a local affiliate.Vistara, which…
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Health care workers face threat of violence, along with dangers of treating Covid-19 patients
Health care workers around the world have been cheered and praised for risking their lives to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. They have also faced violence and abuse, sometimes from the…
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Singapore expats who flouted circuit breaker rules fined up to US$6,400, work passes revoked
Seven foreigners pleaded guilty in Singapore on Thursday to socialising in groups at Robertson Quay bars and restaurants last month, when coronavirus circuit breaker measures were in force, and were…
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Coronavirus: Latin America’s devastating forecast suggests casualties will triple by October
The death toll from the coronavirus in Latin America is expected to skyrocket to 388,300 by October, with Brazil and Mexico seen accounting for two-thirds of fatalities as other nations…
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Embattled Macron eyes government reboot
France should be proud of what its people – and government – have achieved in the battle against the coronavirus, Emmanuel Macron told the nation in his most recent address.…
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Hard landing: Qantas job cuts reveal coronavirus-hit aviation’s depth of woe
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce’s talk on Thursday about “rightsizing” the airline put a brave and euphemistic face on the grim reality facing the entire industry. Stripped of its corporatese,…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong among places urged by world aviation body to test incoming travellers prior to flight to avoid surge in imported cases
The global trade body for airlines has urged Hong Kong and other places with strict quarantine rules to ensure that travellers flying in from high-risk countries are tested for Covid-19…
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Australia’s Qantas to cut 6,000 jobs as coronavirus hits aviation sector
Australia’s Qantas is cutting 6,000 staff and grounding 100 planes for up to a year in a US$10 billion cost-cutting blitz in response to the Covid-19 crisis, the airline announced…
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Coronavirus: will vaccine deals lead to poorer countries missing out?
Several coronavirus vaccine candidates have reached the final phase of human trials and others are not far behind, but who will benefit from them once they are ready for general…
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Special Populations Data in the U.S.
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