Health

[ad_1] SHANGHAI: The city of Jilin, in northeast China, is imposing new travel restrictions to contain a new COVID-19 outbreak, with six new cases reported on Tuesday (May 12). Jilin has become the source of a possible new wave of infections and the neighboring city of Shulan was forced to …

[ad_1] SEOUL: Coronavirus screening tests have increased in South Korea since authorities introduced anonymous tests, authorities said Wednesday (May 13), as they rushed to board a group of nightclubs amid concerns that prejudice against homosexuals could impede the response. The country has presented itself as a global model on how …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – There has been a dramatic drop in the number of people who went to doctors in the past two months for infectious diseases generally transmitted from person to person, and some doctors said that good hygiene and social distancing measures are important factors that contribute to the …

[ad_1] A 39-year-old woman was detained under the Mental Health Act yesterday (May 12) after a fight broke out between her and her husband, resulting in a smashed ashtray and injuries sustained by both parties. The incident took place in the early morning hours in Block 207C, Punggol Place, police …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The number of COVID-19 cases in Singapore exceeded 25,000 on Wednesday (May 13), with 675 new infections reported as of noon. This brings the national count to 25,346 cases. Ad Ad The vast majority of new cases are work permit holders residing in residences for foreign workers, the …

[ad_1] SEOUL: South Korean health authorities said on Wednesday (May 13) that they had no immediate plans to re-establish strict rules of social distancing despite a new coronavirus outbreak in the capital of Seoul. Authorities have been quick to track and evaluate thousands of people over the past week after …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 675 new cases of Covid-19 in Singapore as of Wednesday noon (May 13), bringing the total count to 25,346. These include two Singapore residents and permanent residents, while foreign workers living in dormitories make up the majority of the …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: After returning to Singapore from Batam, Indonesia, three men were ordered to stay home for 14 days, but allegedly failed to comply with these orders in separate cases. The three men, Quresh Singh Sandhu, Azhar Khamis and Zahari Samat, were charged in court under the Infectious Diseases Act …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A cleaner was fined S $ 3,500 on Wednesday (May 13) for cursing a distance security officer who was deployed to the Hougang Mall. The incident occurred after the officer told the cleaner’s wife, who was loitering outside the mall, to go home. He was outside the Hougang …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: An American pilot working for Federal Express (FedEx) was jailed for four weeks on Wednesday (May 13) for breaching his stay-home notice to buy masks and a thermometer from Chinatown. Brian Dugan Yeargan, 44, pleaded guilty to one count of breaching his stay order, which required him to …