[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A GrabFood passenger was arrested in a bicycle collision that left an eight-year-old girl in hospital with an eye injury. The man is believed to have accidentally struck the girl on a trail, leaving her covered in blood and glass shards from her broken glasses. Her mother, …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Additional measures may be needed to keep Covid-19 under control here, as community cases rise and a local group has emerged for the first time in several months. Covid-19 task force co-chair Lawrence Wong said the country has seen more new infected cases in the community in …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: On Monday (January 18), several shopping malls were added to the Ministry of Health (MINSA) list of public places visited by community cases of COVID-19 during their infectious period. Lot One Shoppers’ Mall and Junction 10 were among the new locations on the list, as well as Sembawang …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Construction demand is expected to recover moderately in 2021, supported largely by public sector demand, with a number of “major” infrastructure projects to be awarded this year, said the Building and Construction Authority ( BCA) on Monday (January 18). BCA projected that construction contracts worth S $ 23 …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 14 new cases of COVID-19 as of noon on Monday (January 18), the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said. Two cases are in the community and there are no new cases in the dormitories of foreign workers. Ad Ad Both community cases are linked to the Cluster …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Plans to provide COVID-19 vaccines to 37,000 frontline workers in the aviation and maritime sectors began on Monday (January 18), and vaccination centers for the two industries went into full swing. During a visit to one of the vaccination centers in Changi Airport Terminal 4, Transport Minister Ong …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The strong gusty winds felt in Singapore on Monday (January 18) are due to the rising monsoon in the northeast and are not unusual for this time of year, weather experts said. According to the Singapore Meteorological Service, wind speeds peaked at 49.3 km / h at the …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: After a patient from the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) splashed urine on his colleague, a nurse sprayed hand sanitizer on the vulnerable victim’s face, before striking him during a riot in the dayroom. Muhammad Ihsan Mahmud, 32, was sentenced to nine weeks in jail on Monday (January …
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[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced on Monday (January 18) a new financial assistance package worth RM15 billion (US $ 3.7 billion) to mitigate the impact of COVID-19. In a televised address, Muhyiddin said the package called PERMAI, or Malaysia’s Rakyat Protection and Economic Assistance Package, strengthens …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Two new variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 have raised alarm around the world as they are said to be more contagious, making it even more difficult to stop the spread of the disease. While the SARS-CoV-2 variants are expected to reproduce and adapt to their human …
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