[ad_1] SALATIGA, Indonesia: A traditional market on the island of Java has moved outdoors and set up stalls at least 1m away, as Indonesia seeks to safely keep bazaars where most people go for affordable food and they are part of the structure of society. The 857 vendors at the …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Students applying to high schools and colleges (JC) through the Direct School Entry (DSA) exercise to enter 2021 will be able to do so starting Tuesday (May 12). DSA exercises will continue despite the COVID-19 situation and will not be delayed “unnecessarily,” the Ministry of Education (MOE) said …
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[ad_1] SEREMBAN, Negeri Sembilan: For a nine-year-old Malaysian schoolgirl, the new coronavirus was difficult to understand. But Nur Afia Qistina Zamzuri knew one thing for sure: it was dangerous. So when he heard that a local hospital was looking for people to sew protective gear, he immediately offered. Ad Ad …
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[ad_1] WELLINGTON: New Zealand released three new cases on Monday (May 11), before deciding whether to ease restrictions and allow more businesses and entertainment to continue after weeks of disruption. The Pacific has been locked up for more than a month under a “Level 4” curfew, which came into effect …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Walking through the park without a leash, the five creatures run from one side to the other of the slides, curiously sniffing the bushes and wagging their tails on the piles of leaves. While everyone stays home amidst the “circuit breaker” measures, ring-tailed coatimundis at the Singapore Zoo …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Failure to add COVID-19 patients who died of heart problems instead of the coronavirus to the official death toll is “consistent with international practice,” said the Ministry of Health (MOH). Three confirmed cases have died from heart problems and not from COVID-19 since early April. Their causes of …
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[ad_1] ACCRA, Ghana: A worker at a fish processing factory in the Atlantic coastal town of Ghana, Ghana, infected another 533 workers at the facility with the coronavirus, President Nana Akufo-Addo said in a transmission Sunday. (May 10). Ghana’s health authorities reported the outbreak at industrial facilities on Friday night, …
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[ad_1] Companies are trying to hold on to their foreign workforce despite the cost pressures of the circuit breaker, but if the momentum comes to an end, this group could be the first to leave, employers and human resources experts say. Such workers are a mainstay of the economy, with …
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[ad_1] SYDNEY: Children in some Australian states began returning to school on Monday (May 11) after a prolonged break due to COVID-19, as the rate of new infections in the country continued to decline. Students in New South Wales, the most populous state and the northern state of Queensland began …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A man who allegedly left his home multiple times even though he had received a stay-at-home (SHN) notification amid the coronavirus outbreak appeared in district court on Monday (May 11). Singaporean Teo Say Leong, 64, now faces four charges under the Infectious Diseases Act. He is also …
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