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[ad_1] Two separate incidents, involving a woman who had threatened to jump off a block and a man who was found dead at the foot of another block, occurred in Toa Payoh early Thursday morning (September 30). They were reported only four minutes apart. Stomper Aloysius He was walking through …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 21 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Thursday (October 1), including three infections in the community, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in its daily preliminary update. Singapore’s COVID-19 case count now stands at 57,786. Ad Ad All three infections in the community are either …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – 21 new coronavirus cases were confirmed as of noon on Thursday (October 1), bringing Singapore’s total to 57,786. They included three community cases, comprising Singaporeans or permanent residents, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said. There were also 15 imported cases, which had been included in stay-at-home notices …

[ad_1] NUSA LEMBONGAN, Indonesia: Before the coronavirus pandemic took hold of Indonesia, the pristine beaches of the island of Lembongan washed by the Indian Ocean were dotted with sunbathing tourists from around the world. Now, with many visitors missing and the economy in shambles, locals are often seen carrying baskets …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A man who tested positive for COVID-19 but did not show any symptoms is charged with violating quarantine by leaving an isolation facility in April. Fabian Amos Gilbert, 27, was a Singapore Airlines flight attendant at the time of the alleged crime. He was charged earlier this month …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Schools, cinemas and swimming pools may reopen in India after a months-long coronavirus lockdown, the Home Office said on Wednesday (September 30), even as experts warn that the vast nation is in way of becoming the most infected. India, home to 1.3 billion people, has recorded more …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: 2020 will be remembered above all for the COVID-19 pandemic, which has killed more than a million people and infected many more around the world. But lurking in the shadows of the pandemic is another pestilence, a long-standing public health threat in tropical and subtropical regions of the …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI (BLOOMBERG) – Coronavirus super-spreaders were behind the Covid-19 explosion in India, the country with the most cases after the United States, researchers said. A group of patients that included about 8 percent of India’s confirmed cases subsequently led to nearly two-thirds of their total infections, scientists said …

[ad_1] NEW YORK: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday (September 30) that it is time for countries to start using money from their national COVID-19 response and recovery plans to help fund the World Health Organization Global Vaccine Plan. The ACT-Accelerator program and its COVAX facility has received …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: President Halimah Yacob and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong congratulated their Chinese counterparts on Thursday (October 1) on the 71st anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. In her letter to President Xi Jinping, Ms. Halimah said that “China has made immense progress in the …