Health

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: All passengers on Singapore Airlines (SIA) and SilkAir flights must bring their own mask and wear it throughout the flight. They should also observe safe distance measures when boarding and disembarking from a flight and when queuing to use the bathroom. These measures, which are in accordance with …

[ad_1] BEIJING (BLOOMBERG, REUTERS) – Shulan, a Chinese city in the north-eastern Jilin province bordering North Korea, was ordered to partially shut down some facilities after an increase in the number of coronavirus cases. Jilin has ordered strict restrictions in the city of Shulan, closed all but the most essential …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The cost of a college education in the United States has long been dazzling, with a year costing tens of thousands of dollars. But as the coronavirus crisis sets in, students, many of whom take out large loans to finance their degrees, wonder how to justify spending $ …

[ad_1] STOCKHOLM: Bjorn Branngard’s mother died in a nursing home in Stockholm, where five of the eight people in her section and more than a third of residents have so far succumbed to the new coronavirus. “They did not have time to take care of my mother,” he told AFP. …

[ad_1] HONG KONG: Chinese fans of Animal Crossing from Nintendo: New Horizons are paying a premium on foreign consoles and are finding ways to circumvent the limits imposed by local regulators in a game that has become both a worldwide hit and a political critical point. The game has become …

[ad_1] Over the years, economists have talked about the “post-war economy,” the “post-industrial economy,” and the “post-Brexit economy.” Now they are talking about the “post-Covid-19 economy”. It hasn’t reached us yet: Covid-19 is still raging around the world. But some of the contours of the economic future are already in …

[ad_1] While the pandemic has upended some businesses, it has boosted others like supermarkets and medical tech firms. Insight looks at the fresh pastures of the Covid-19 economy. The challenge and the promise of the post-Covid-19 economy An almost deserted Chinatown Complex. The post-Covid-19 economy will lead to a boom …

[ad_1] SEOUL: The capital of South Korea ordered the closure of all clubs and bars after an explosion of new cases raised fears of a second wave of coronavirus. The nation has presented itself as a global model on how to curb the virus, but the Seoul mayor’s order on …

[ad_1] STOCKHOLM • Sweden’s unique strategy for dealing with the coronavirus will ensure that it only has a small second wave of cases, unlike other countries that may be forced to return to the blockade, according to the contentious policy architect. Anders Tegnell, the Swedish state epidemiologist who devised the …

[ad_1] NEW YORK (REUTERS) – China and the United States supported a draft UN Security Council resolution facing the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday and it was “shocking and regrettable” that Washington changed its mind on Friday, a Chinese diplomat said. . A US diplomat contested the Chinese comment, saying there …