The test, developed by NUS spin-off startup Breathonix, works much like a standard breathalyzer test that police might use to see if an erratic driver is drunk. ( read original story ...)
POLL-Singapore seen upgrading Q1 GDP on manufacturing growth
Singapore's economy is expected to have grown 0.9% in the first quarter on a year-on-year basis, an improvement from earlier estimates, due to stronger-than-expected performance in the manufacturing ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Allows Breath Test, Japan Steps Up Shots: Virus Update
Asia stepped up actions to tackle the resurgence of the coronavirus in the region with plans to vaccinate more people, faster testing and further restrictions imposed. Singapore has approved a Covid ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore court approves move to freeze Hin Leong’s founder’s assets – liquidators
Singapore's High Court has accepted a request to freeze up to $3.5 billion of worldwide assets of Lim Oon Kuin and his two children following the collapse of Lim's oil trading firm Hin Leong Trading ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19 breath test gets provisional authorisation in Singapore, to undergo trial at land checkpoint
SINGAPORE: A locally developed COVID-19 breath test that can generate results within one minute has received provisional authorisation from ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore government’s requests for Facebook data increase further
SINGAPORE - The Government made 1,260 requests to Facebook for information covering 1,630 accounts from July to December 2020, nearly triple the number over the same period in 2019 and exceeding the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore stocks rise at Monday’s open; STI up 0.4%
SINGAPORE shares opened higher on Monday, despite Wall Street putting in a mixed performance on Friday.Read more on 'Business Times' ... ( read original story ...)
The Big Read: As old habits die hard at hawker centres, Singapore seeks to fine its way out
The move to enforce the fines follows more than a decade of campaigns being launched one after another to coax and cajole people to return their ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore reports 21 new COVID-19 cases in the community, 1 dormitory infection
SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 22 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases as of noon on Sunday (May 23), including 21 in the community and one who ... ( read original story ...)
‘Far from out of the woods’: how a Covid-19 variant put Singapore back in defensive mode
At the heart of their worries is the Covid-19 variant known as B.1.617, which was first identified in India late last year. Unlike the mutations first found in South Africa, Brazil and Britain that ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Closes Two Shopping Malls Amid Surge In Covid Cases
Singapore will close two shopping malls on the western part of the island for two weeks starting Sunday after 10 recent Covid-19 infections were linked to the properties. ( read original story ...)
COVID: Singapore reports 22 new community cases out of 29 total
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed 29 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore on Saturday (22 May), taking the country's total case count to 61,799. ( read original story ...)
India Cases Slow; Singapore Has First School Link: Virus Update
President Joe Biden said Friday that the U.S. could produce up to 1 billion vaccine doses by as early as the end of the year. Singapore reported its first school-based transmission, while the number ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Says Airport Virus Cluster Likely Linked to Infected Travelers
A COVID-19 outbreak at Singapore's airport may have initially spread through a worker who helped an infected family arriving in the country, authorities said on Friday, as they further ramped up their ... ( read original story ...)
Not even Singapore’s rules could keep the coronavirus at bay
Strict measures had kept the city-state virtually virus-free for months, but a new flare-up linked to a highly contagious variant offers lessons for pandemic policy. ( read original story ...)
Of 40 new COVID cases in Singapore, 30 in community
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed 40 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore on Friday (21 May), taking the country's total case count to 61,770. ( read original story ...)