Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Wednesday, June 2. Over half of 52,000 students invited for Covid-19 vaccine booked slots SMSes will be sent to students aged 18 and above, and to parents of children below 18. READ MORE HERE WHO approves Sinovac’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use Listing would allow... » read more
A fully vaccinated woman who was working as a cleaner at a community care facility in Tuas South was the sole unlinked case out of the 16 community cases announced by the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Thursday (April 29). The 39-year-old Vietnamese national dons full personal protective equipment while at work – including an... » read more
SINGAPORE – The first thing senior fintech consultant Shubadha Mishra does when she wakes up in her flat in Kembangan nowadays is to reach for her phone to check on the condition of her fiance, Mr Zakwan Khan, 28. He is diabetic and lives in a flat in Hyderabad in India’s Telangana state. His flatmate, a... » read more
MADRID (REUTERS) – Real Madrid midfielder Federico Valverde has tested positive for Covid-19, the La Liga club said on Wednesday (April 21). Real said on Sunday that Valverde was self-isolating after coming into contact with a positive case, missing the 0-0 league draw with Getafe, and he has now tested positive himself. The 22-year-old Uruguayan... » read more
SINGAPORE – Mixing Covid-19 vaccines is possible and could even be beneficial at inciting a more robust immune response to the coronavirus. But experts warn that more studies are needed to ascertain the effectiveness of such a regime, and to determine that doing so will not produce any side effects. The experts were responding to... » read more
SINGAPORE – More than seven in 10 cabbies and private-hire car (PHC) drivers here have received their first Covid-19 vaccination dose, with almost half of them having completed both doses. Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung gave an update on the ongoing vaccination exercise in a Facebook post on Saturday (April 10) morning, thanking the drivers... » read more
MILAN (AFP) – Juventus forward Paulo Dybala on Thursday (April 1) apologised for breaking Covid-19 rules by attending a house party with teammates Weston McKennie and Arthur Melo. The Juventus trio were reported to have been fined by police who were called by neighbours to the lockdown get-together at US midfielder McKennie’s Turin home. “I... » read more
MILAN (AFP) – Juventus centre-back Leonardo Bonucci has tested positive for Covid-19 after returning from Italy duty along with several members of the national team’s staff, the Serie A club announced on Thursday (April 1). “Bonucci underwent a test for Covid-19 which came back positive,” Juventus said in a statement. “The player has already been... » read more
SINGAPORE – Foreign worker levies for S Pass and work permit holders, including those for migrant domestic workers, will be waived for their stay-home notice (SHN) period from January to September this year, said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on Thursday (April 1). This is to help employers manage the increased costs associated with the... » read more
CHELTENHAM, UNITED KINGDOM (AFP) – Rachael Blackmore became the first female jockey to win the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham on Tuesday (March 16), riding Honeysuckle to an historic victory in front of empty stands. The sun shone as the favourite romped home by six-and-a-half lengths – the mare’s 11th win in 11 races. The win... » read more
LONDON (AFP) – Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has threatened to withdraw players from international matches this month if there is a chance they will have to quarantine on their return under coronavirus rules. Arrivals in Britain from “Red List” countries are subject to 10 days’ hotel confinement, which would apply to Brazilian trio Alisson Becker,... » read more
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Friday, Feb 26. Mayor Denise Phua rebuts Pritam Singh on relevance of CDCs and mayors Denise Phua roundly rejected the suggestion that a voucher scheme was aimed at making CDCs relevant. READ MORE HERE 1 killed in MRT tunnel near Lavender, train services on East-West Line disrupted... » read more
HONG KONG, Feb 18, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – DCH Auriga, one of the largest healthcare distributors in Hong Kong, is pleased to announce it has been selected by the Hong Kong Department of Health to exclusively manage the storage and delivery of the Sinovac vaccine in Hong Kong. Under the agreement, DCH Auriga Hong... » read more
SINGAPORE – The first Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight staffed by pilots and cabin crew vaccinated against the coronavirus left Changi Airport on Thursday (Feb 11), marking a significant milestone for the battered national carrier. Flight SQ956 took off for Jakarta at 9.30am carrying a crew of 12, and is the first of three departing SIA... » read more
BERLIN (AFP) – Liverpool will not be allowed to enter Germany for a Champions League match against RB Leipzig on Feb 16 because of strict entry rules imposed over the pandemic, the German interior ministry said on Thursday (Feb 4). “German federal police informed RB Leipzig today that the described case does not meet the... » read more
SINGAPORE – With no known next of kin, and suffering from cognitive impairment, 73-year-old Madam Tan (not her real name) poses a quandary for her carers. She suffers from dementia, previously had a stroke and lacks the mental capacity to make her own decisions, Thye Hua Kwan Nursing Home @ Hougang told The Straits Times. So when the Covid-19... » read more
New variants of the virus that causes Covid-19 have recently caused some concern that they may evade the immune response induced by existing vaccines, but there is no evidence yet of this occurring, said experts here, urging people not to hesitate over getting vaccinated. “Existing vaccines work against the virus variants circulating in the community,... » read more
Questions have arisen following reports of three cases of anaphylaxis, or the rapid onset of severe allergic reactions, after vaccinations. The Straits Times looks into the severity of these reactions and whether they should be a cause for concern. Q Why is it that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is able to cause anaphylaxis in people, even... » read more
SINGAPORE – Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong received his second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at Singapore General Hospital on Friday morning (Jan 29), completing his vaccination regimen. Senior staff nurse Fatimah Mohd Shah, 41, who administered the first dose to Mr Lee on Jan 8, did so again for the second one. “Just like... » read more
HONG KONG, Jan 28, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – DCH Auriga, one of the largest healthcare distributors in Hong Kong with decades of experience managing sophisticated pharmaceutical supply chains, is pleased to announce it has been selected to manage the storage and delivery of the Fosun Pharma BioNTech BNT162b2 vaccine in Hong Kong as the... » read more