[ad_1] BRASILIA / SAO PAULO / MANAUS, Brazil: The death toll from COVID-19 in the worst affected part of the remote Amazon region of Brazil may be three times the official count, according to data from notaries public reviewed by Reuters, such as the The spread of the disease overwhelms …
Read More »Singapore defends selective testing, says it yielded results
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The Singapore Government said on Saturday (May 9) that it remains committed to its approach to selectively test individuals with symptoms of the coronavirus as it has yielded results, and hasn’t made any major decisions to pivot to mass testing. “We cannot be testing aimlessly,” the city-state’s health …
Read More »COVID-19: MOM establishes the requirements that companies must meet to resume operations in the workplace
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: As Singapore moves to gradually reduce circuit breaker measures, the Ministry of Human Resources (MOM) established on Saturday (May 9) the requirements that companies must meet to resume operations at workplaces . The requirements for general workplace setup fall into six categories. Ad Ad They include the implementation …
Read More »Australia’s largest states stop relaxing Covid-19 locks, Australia / NZ News & Top Stories
[ad_1] MELBOURNE (REUTERS) – Australia’s most populous states refrained from easing Covid-19 restrictions on Saturday (May 9) even as some states allowed small gatherings and prepared to open restaurants in line with the three-stage plan of the federal government to reopen businesses. Prime Minister Scott Morrison outlined plans on Friday …
Read More »COVID-19: Woman accused of verbal abuse and resistance to arrest at Sun Plaza, forwarded on IMH
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A woman who was filmed arguing with another person at the Sun Plaza shopping center without wearing a face mask was accused on Saturday (May 9) of using criminal force by the police and multiple charges of verbal abuse. Kasturi Govindasamy Retnamsamy, 40, was also ordered to be …
Read More »India mounts huge airlift to return stranded citizens home
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Doctors in hazmat suits ran temperature checks on passengers at Delhi airport and bags were disinfected as the first group of Indians returned home on special flights from Singapore and the Gulf on Friday (May 8) since a sweeping lockdown was imposed in March. Around 400,000 Indians …
Read More »Documents Show Senior WH Officials Buried CDC Report
[ad_1] GAINESVILLE, Florida (AP) – The decision to archive detailed advice from the nation’s top disease control experts to reopen communities during the coronavirus pandemic came from the highest levels of the White House, according to internal government emails. obtained by The Associated Press. The files also show that after …
Read More »5 scams related to Covid to avoid, Lifestyle News and top stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – With coronaviruses wreaking havoc on communities around the world and more people having to shop online, online scams seem to grow. Here are five scams to watch out for: 1. THE FALSE OFFICER Scam artists pose as officials of various government agencies and try to trick victims …
Read More »Coronavirus: offices, supermarkets and taxis will have a SafeEntry registration system starting May 12, Singapore News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A national digital registration system that allows contact trackers to quickly find close contacts of infected cases will be mandatory for places where people are likely to be close for prolonged periods of time, in confined spaces and in places with high traffic . This includes workplaces such …
Read More »753 new cases of coronavirus in Singapore, totaling 22,460, Singapore News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 753 new cases of Covid-19 in Singapore as of Saturday noon (May 9), bringing the total count to 22,460. These include nine Singapore residents and permanent residents, while migrant workers living in dormitories make up the majority of the …
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