[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A facility built at the Tanjong Pagar Terminal that can house up to 15,000 foreign patients or workers with the coronavirus has begun to receive workers. When The Straits Times visited the site on Saturday (May 9), workers could be seen putting on masks and settling down. …
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[ad_1] AHMEDABAD: Hundreds of migrant workers in western India’s Gujarat state have clashed with authorities for the second day, throwing rocks at police trying to impose a lockdown to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Protesters took to the streets of the city of Surat on Saturday (May 9), a …
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[ad_1] Publish Date: Friday May 8, 2020 7:59 AM Real Madrid have decided not to follow a move for Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba due to concerns about his salary, reports in Spain report. Madrid has been touted as one of the two most likely destinations if Pogba leaves Old …
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[ad_1] REUTERS: The National Institutes of Health said Friday that they had begun a clinical study to test a combination of remdesivir and the anti-inflammatory baricitinib treatment of Gilead Sciences Inc. in patients with COVID-19. The trial is currently enrolling adults hospitalized with COVID-19 in the United States and is …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The Government aims to test about 16,000 residents across 80 nursing homes in Singapore for COVID-19 over the next few weeks, said Health Minister Gan Kim Yong on Friday (May 8), as he stressed the importance of keeping seniors safe amid the pandemic. Testing has already been completed …
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[ad_1] The Hong Kong film industry has been hit by the coronavirus pandemic, with suspended productions and closed movie theaters since the end of March. But there is hope that things will improve, with the reopening of theaters on Friday (May 8) and the announcement this week of a project …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A 38-year-old man who is said to have left his home to attend a social gathering in a woman’s apartment later received an invitation he could not refuse: one day in court. Francis Soh Seng Chye was accused on Friday (May 8) of illegally attending a social …
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[ad_1] SYDNEY: Australian officials are frustrated that the White House, which has tried to link the outbreak to a Chinese laboratory, has told Reuters, government, diplomatic and intelligence sources is pressing for an investigation into the origin of the coronavirus. Washington’s attack on China has given Beijing room to argue …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A foreign worker was accused on Friday (May 8) of bribing a Public Transportation Security Command Officer in an attempt to avoid compliance actions for not wearing a mask over his nose and mouth while at Boon Station. Lay MRT. Chinese citizen Chen Long, 27, allegedly committed …
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[ad_1] MINSK: Thousands of soldiers marched in Belarus on Saturday (May 9) to celebrate Soviet victory in World War II, as President Alexander Lukashenko rejected calls for blocking measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Lukashenko, who has ruled the Eastern European country since 1994, called fears about the coronavirus a …
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