Taiwan: 720,000 people registered for purchasing face masks online
Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Friday announced that more than 722,000 people — 600,000 using the NHI app and 122,000 more using the Emask system —…
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Covid-19 outbreak will continue for a year or longer; more stringent measures may need to be put in place, says PM Lee
In a video address on his social media channels, PM Lee emphasised that the situation in Singapore remains under control. The Covid-19 outbreak will continue for some time…
Foreigners play their part in Shanghai’s epidemic prevention
Expat volunteers have been active in helping the city overcome the COVID-19 outbreak. Twelve foreign residents in Shanghai have joined a volunteer team to help with the city’s…
Indonesia slams Singapore for withholding information on nationals treated for COVID-19
Indonesia complains on Singapore insisting to withhold personal information of its citizens showing COVID-19 symptoms in Jakarta. The Indonesian government has complained that…
Internet healthcare serving homebound patients in China
Online consultations, pharmaceutical deliveries play vital role during outbreak. One recent rainy day, Wu Hong was waiting at the gate of her residential community in Wuhan, Hubei…
Bangladesh to benefit from coronavirus fallout: survey
Study says globally renowned companies are planning to shift work orders from China to other Asian countries, including Bangladesh. Bangladesh will benefit from the fallout of the…
12 new Covid-19 cases in S’pore, including RSAF servicemen who were in France on duty
There are now 40 cases linked to the the dinner at the Joy Garden restaurant on Feb 15, Singapore’s biggest coronavirus cluster. A total of 12 new Covid-19 cases have been…
Chinese experts on mission to help Italy fight virus
Country will provide Italy with medical materials despite its own difficulties at the time. A group of Chinese experts headed to Italy on Wednesday at the urgent request of its…
Seoul stocks sink, trigger first circuit breaker for 5 min in 8 years
The Kospi plummeted more than 5 per cent during Thursday trading, which triggered the stock exchange to temporarily halt trading on Korea’s main bourse, as investor sentiments…
Coronavirus: All 1,631 passengers cleared to leave Costa Fortuna in 14 hours
Foreigners taken to airport or hotels and will leave Republic within next 2 days All passengers have disembarked from a cruise ship that docked in Singapore yesterday morning…