Month: May 2021

Singapore will shut most schools from Wednesday after the city-state reported the highest number of local COVID-19 infections in months. ( read original story ...)

Any mandates in the U.S. to require people to be vaccinated will be set locally, not federally, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. She spoke days after the CDC announced ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: A Singapore Polytechnic (SP) student has tested positive for COVID-19, as the school moves all lectures and tutorials online from ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's health ministry on Sunday preliminarily confirmed 38 locally transmitted Covid-19 cases, the highest daily number since mid-September, as the city-state returned to the strictest curbs on ... ( read original story ...)

The country is grappling with a sharp rise in domestic Covid-19 cases that have resulted in a return to lockdown-like conditions, with many new infections of the more-transmissible B.1.617 variant ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore is studying if it should change its COVID-19 vaccination strategy to extend the time between vaccine shots to allow more ... ( read original story ...)

The fresh curbs come after Singapore confirmed 38 locally transmitted Covid-19 cases, the highest daily number in months. ( read original story ...)

Taiwan has demoted Singapore to ‘medium-risk’ from a group of low-risk nations that include New Zealand, Macau and Australia. ( read original story ...)

Singapore banned Sex and the City for years. In 2004, BBC News reported the show was once again available to watch on television, after being banned for several years due to “mature subject matter.” ... ( read original story ...)

The number of new coronavirus cases eased in India though the death rate shows little sign of slowing in the world’s worst pandemic hot spot. Singapore tightened travel with Taiwan and plans to ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore and Taiwan, success stories in containing Covid-19, are both rapidly imposing aggressive restrictions at home -- and tightening travel between each other. ( read original story ...)

The government plans to vaccinate children and is imposing partial lockdown as it battles to contain surge in community transmissions of the coronavirus. ( read original story ...)

U.S. schools should maintain mask requirements at least through the end of the academic year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Singapore plans to vaccinate children under 16 after ... ( read original story ...)

U.S. schools should maintain mask requirements at least through the end of the academic year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Singapore plans to vaccinate children under 16 after ... ( read original story ...)

So Singapore has tightened restrictions on movement as a response to a rise in Covid-19 cases. Though this isn't quite as strict as the lockdown imposed last April, it's close.   Work from home will ... ( read original story ...)