Health

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Less than 0.2 percent, or 229 sets, of the 2020 Budget grocery vouchers that were mailed to 150,000 Singaporeans last month were stolen on October 28, the Second said on Monday (November 2). Finance Minister Indranee Rajah. Investigations into these reported cases of theft are ongoing, and police …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – There was a new confirmed coronavirus case at noon on Monday (November 2), the lowest since February 25, which also had a single patient. The case is an imported patient who had been put on notice to stay at home upon arrival in Singapore. There were no …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A portion of MediShield Life premiums paid by working adults is set aside for the future to moderate premium increases as people age, the Minister of State for Health said on Monday (November 2), Koh Poh Koon. He added that these funds make up the bulk of …

[ad_1] MADRID (AFP) – Germany led on Monday (November 2) a further tightening of coronavirus restrictions in Europe that have sparked anger and frustration across the continent, while the Covid-19 crisis in the United States deepened. The virus has infected more than 46 million people worldwide, with nearly 1.2 million …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: Tuesday’s (November 3) US election is narrowed down to a handful of states on the battlefield that Joe Biden must change to take the White House from President Donald Trump. All of the top changing states this year (Florida, Pennsylvania, Michigan, North Carolina, Arizona, and Wisconsin) went to …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – MediShield Life premiums should be adjusted to keep the scheme “solvent and sustainable”, said Minister of State for Health Koh Poh Koon in Parliament on Monday (Nov 2), following recommendations from a panel to increase premiums up to 35 percent for some policyholders. “The premiums collected have …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s parliamentary session was halted on Monday (Nov 2) after employees working in the Upper House tested positive for COVID-19. This was the first day of the parliamentary session in which the budget for 2021 will be presented and voted. Ad Ad De facto Law Minister Takiyuddin …

[ad_1] Cheryl tehThe times of the straitNovember 1, 2020 Friends and family gathered at Blk 81 Bedok North Road on Friday night (October 30) for the Buddhist funeral rites of a 35-year-old mother who fell from a Housing Board block with her five-week-old daughter. The woman and her young daughter …

[ad_1] WELLINGTON: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern revealed on Monday (November 2) what she called an “incredibly diverse” cabinet that includes New Zealand’s openly gay First Deputy Prime Minister and a Foreign Minister with a Maori facial tattoo. The center-left leader renewed her ministerial lineup in the wake of a landslide …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: Music superstar Lady Gaga got involved in an unlikely Twitter feud on Sunday (November 1) with President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign after she was accused of being anti-fracking. Democratic challenger Joe Biden announced that Gaga would appear with him Monday night at a rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a …