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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: There were 19 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore as of noon on Tuesday (February 2), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in its preliminary daily update. All new infections were imported and placed on notice of admission or isolated upon arrival in Singapore. No cases of local transmission …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The Government is “actively monitoring” misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines and “will not hesitate to use the full force of the law” when necessary, the Minister of Communications and Information said on Tuesday (February 2), S. Iswaran. Over the past year, the government responded to more than 60 instances …

[ad_1] NEW YORK: The United Nations fears that the coup in Myanmar will worsen the plight of some 600,000 Rohingya Muslims still in the country, a UN spokesperson said on Monday (February 1) as the Security Council planned to meet. on Tuesday about the latest events. Myanmar’s military seized power …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: People who have valid reasons to travel outside of Singapore cannot jump the queue to get vaccinated early against COVID-19 as vaccine supplies are limited at this time, the minister of state said on Monday (February 1). of Health, Janil Puthucheary. He was speaking in Parliament in response …

[ad_1] YANGON: The Myanmar military announced on Monday (February 1) a purge of the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, removing 24 ministers and deputies and appointing 11 replacements to its new administration after taking power in a coup of state. The announcement was made on Myawadday military …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A 36-year-old permanent resident preparing to depart for India was one of the Covid-19 cases reported in Singapore on Sunday (January 31). The Ministry of Health (MOH) said the man had returned from a trip to India on December 19 last year and delivered his stay-at-home notice …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – As of Sunday (January 31), the Singapore Flyer had been nothing more than a distant icon in the urban landscape of migrant worker MV Maran, viewed from his construction site in Sengkang for about a year. “I’m used to seeing the Singapore Flyer of the Build-To-Order apartments …

[ad_1] JERUSALEM: Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Israelis participated in the funeral of a prominent rabbi in Jerusalem on Sunday (January 31), flouting the country’s ban on holding large public gatherings amid the pandemic. The funeral procession of Rabbi Meshulam Soloveitchik, who died at the age of 99, made its way through …

[ad_1] SEOUL: South Korea will extend its social distancing restrictions by two weeks until the end of the Chinese New Year holiday as new clusters of infections emerge in the country, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said on Sunday (Jan.31). ). The announcement frustrated previous expectations that the government would ease …

[ad_1] WUHAN: A team of experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) investigating the origins of COVID-19 visited a market in Wuhan on Sunday (January 31) where one of the first clusters of infections reported more than a year ago emerged. year. Members of the group arrived at the Huanan …