SINGAPORE – General practitioner (GP) clinics and private medical providers that perform swab tests have been seeing a surge in patients, with record-high Covid-19 community cases in recent days. The patients include those who have tested positive for the virus on their self-administered antigen rapid tests (ART), patients with fever or mild acute respiratory infection... » read more
SINGAPORE – When a hotel worker hired a new maid to care for her elderly parents, she did not think it would lead to a Covid-19 scare and quarantine for her family of 12. The Indonesian maid, who arrived here on April 15, was discharged from stay-home notice (SHN) only five days later, despite testing... » read more
MADRID (REUTERS) – Title-chasing Real Madrid will be without midfielder Toni Kroos for their must-win match against Villarreal on the final day of the Liga season after the German tested positive for Covid-19. The club announced that Kroos returned a positive test on Monday (May 17), having missed Sunday’s win at Athletic Club after coming... » read more
SINGAPORE – Four cellmates of the 32-year-old inmate with Covid-19 have tested negative and will be tested again, said the Singapore Prison Service (SPS). They were immediately transferred to separate, isolated cells after the inmate tested positive for the virus, the SPS said in a statement on Sunday (May 16). Meanwhile, 1,050 inmates, staff and... » read more
NEW YORK • On Tuesday last week, the National Basketball Association (NBA) and its players’ union tightened their coronavirus protocols – mandating that players spend at least the next two weeks almost exclusively at home or at their hotels on the road when not playing. Three days later, the Washington Wizards held a news conference... » read more
The M2 World Championship, a major e-sports tournament scheduled to take place in Singapore next week, will proceed as planned even though one of the overseas participants tested positive for the coronavirus earlier this week and two more were confirmed yesterday. The Brazilian player was identified only as Case 59238 in the Ministry of Health’s... » read more
TOKYO • Record-breaking sumo champion Hakuho has tested positive for Covid-19 just days before the New Year tournament, the Japan Sumo Association (JSA) said yesterday. The JSA said Hakuho was tested after noticing a loss of smell, and that other members of the Miyagino stable who are thought to have come into contact with him... » read more
TOKYO • Badminton world No. 1 Kento Momota tested positive for Covid-19 yesterday, prompting the withdrawal of the Japanese national team from the Jan 12-17 Thailand Open. National broadcaster NHK said he tested positive at Narita Airport ahead of the team’s departure for Thailand. An official from the Japan Badminton Association confirmed that none of... » read more
KIEV (AFP) – Tuesday’s (Nov 17) Nations League match between Switzerland and Ukraine has been called off, the Ukrainian football association said, after six of its players tested positive for the coronavirus. The association said in a statement that it was informed by continental governing body Uefa the match “cannot take place”, after the Swiss... » read more
BARCELONA (REUTERS) – Atletico Madrid and Uruguay forward Luis Suarez has tested positive for Covid-19, the Uruguay national team said in a statement on Monday (Nov 16). Uruguay’s statement said top scorer Suarez and stand-in goalkeeper Rodrigo Munoz plus a staff member had tested positive. Other members of the squad had all tested negative ahead... » read more
SINGAPORE – With so many different types of face masks now readily available in neighbourhood shops and heartland malls alike, the question becomes: How effective are they against Covid-19 and other respiratory infections? The Straits Times selected nine types of surgical and reusable masks and put them through two tests. Working with lab experts from... » read more
LISBON (AFP) – Cristiano Ronaldo, who has tested positive for Covid-19, left the Portuguese team camp near Lisbon on Wednesday (Oct 14) to fly back to Northern Italy on his private jet, local media reported. The Juventus player’s jet took off in the afternoon from the Tires airfield, in the outskirts of Lisbon, according to... » read more