Health

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – More than 85 percent of Covid-19 patients since January have not yet been discharged and remain in hospitals or isolation centers. As of Monday, only 13.5 percent of patients or 3,225 of the 23,787 infected people have recovered and gone home. Twenty-one are dead. However, not everyone …

[ad_1] BEIJING: China’s health authority said on Tuesday (May 12) that the reappearance of local groups of COVID-19 cases in recent days suggests that measures against the epidemic have yet to be relaxed. While prevention and control efforts have been normalized, that does not mean that measures can be facilitated, …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Twenty buses from transport operator SMRT have been adapted to help with the massive transfer of COVID-19 patients between places such as hospitals, migrant worker dormitories, and various community care and recovery facilities. The buses, called COMET MAXI (Enhanced Transporters for Multiple Passengers COVID-19), can carry more than …

[ad_1] BRASILIA: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday (May 12) declared gyms and hair salons as essential services that can stay open through the new coronavirus outbreak, easing measures to control the disease despite new cases and deaths surging in the country. Brazil has now registered a total of 168,331 …

[ad_1] Tuesday, May 12, 2020 – 9:23 a.m. The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading in their securities on Tuesday: Wilmar International: The agribusiness group saw its profits drop in the first quarter due to market losses in investment securities, according to its results released on Monday. …

[ad_1] WELLINGTON: The New Zealand Electoral Commission released security measures on Tuesday (May 12) designed to allow national elections to proceed as planned in September despite the COVID-19 threat. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the election date of September 19 in January, before the global scale of the contagion was …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 884 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday (May 12), taking the country’s total to 24,671. The vast majority of the cases are work permit holders residing in foreign worker dormitories, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in its preliminary daily update. Advertisement Advertisement Three cases are Singaporeans …

[ad_1] SYDNEY: China suspended imports from four of Australia’s top beef suppliers on Tuesday (May 12), just weeks after the Beijing ambassador warned of a consumer boycott in retaliation for Canberra’s drive to investigate the origins of the coronavirus. Analysts said the move raised concerns about a possible showdown between …

[ad_1] SEOUL: South Korea has been held up as a global model in how to curb the virus, but a spike of new cases, driven by the cluster in venues in Seoul’s Itaewon district – including several gay clubs – forced authorities to delay this week’s planned re -opening of …

[ad_1] SYDNEY (BLOOMBERG) – China has suspended meat imports from four Australian abattoirs, fueling concerns that escalating tensions between the two nations are damaging Australia’s most important trading relationship. The suspension will start on Tuesday (May 12), according to a statement on a customs website. The four plants make up …