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[ad_1] Thailand has welcomed its first group of tourists in seven months, part of an experiment aimed at testing whether a wider opening is possible as the coronavirus cripples the kingdom’s economy. A plane full of 39 Chinese tourists flew into Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport on Tuesday night from Shanghai to …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A meat processing company in Singapore was found to have a widespread infestation of cockroaches in its processing and storage rooms. Fuyen Food was fined $ 15,000 in court on Wednesday (October 21) for poor maintenance of its facilities and improper food storage. The Singapore Food Agency …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – He may be 67, but Francis Chew had no qualms about going back to school to pick up a new skill. After four decades in the food and beverage (F&B) sector, Chew left his job this year as a senior manager at a company that manages restaurants, …

[ad_1] SEOUL (REUTERS) – South Korean authorities refused to suspend the seasonal flu vaccination program on Thursday (Oct. 22), despite growing calls to do so after the deaths of at least 13 people who were vaccinated in the last days. Health authorities said they have found no direct links between …

[ad_1] SAO PAULO: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro overruled his own health minister on Wednesday (October 21), rejecting the announced purchase of 46 million doses of CoronaVac, a possible vaccine against COVID-19 that is being tested in the state of Sao Paulo. Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello announced the purchase on Tuesday …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) – Republicans in the United States Senate vowed to go ahead with a vote Thursday (Oct. 22) on President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, despite the Committee’s Democrats Judicial pledged to boycott a procedure they called “a sham.” Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Lindsey Graham …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Kloud Karaoke Lounge has been unable to reopen for about half a year since the two-month circuit breaker that began in April due to government concerns that nightlife venues such as clubs and karaoke venues are high-risk areas for Covid. -19 propagate. And it could remain that …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A global accreditation framework for Covid-19 “vaccination passports” to allow international travel is something that various health authorities, including Singapore, are looking at. However, this will require much more study, given how new the coronavirus is. Questions that need further discussion include the nature of the vaccine, …

[ad_1] For the first time since April, Thailand has opened its borders to travelers once again, and for many travel-hungry Singaporeans, this news couldn’t be better. But before any of your fellow travelers start dumping their belongings in their dust-covered luggage, there are a number of criteria to meet before …

[ad_1] PETALING JAYA (THE STAR / ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – If this isn’t confusing, I don’t know what is. I woke up to see a message from the National Safety Council (NSC) saying that all red zone workers who need to travel to work should get swab tests. The text, …