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Singapore News - People requesting a TraceTogether token for the first time can now get one delivered to their homes for free, under a new delivery service announced by the Smart Nation and Digital Government Group (SNDGG) yesterday. More TraceTogether token replacement vending machines are... Read more at www.tnp.sg

SINGAPORE - A partially vaccinated 86-year-old man and an unvaccinated 95-year-old woman have died from Covid-19 complications, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Wednesday night (Aug 25). The man, who died on Tuesday, tested positive for Covid-19 infection on July 28. He was admitted to Tan Tock Seng Hospital for an unrelated medical condition on July 1 and tested...

Singapore News - The BHG department store in Bugis Junction will be closed to the public until Monday to break the chain of transmission and enable deep cleaning, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said yesterday. The store was first closed for a day on Tuesday after a member of its staff tested... Read more at www.tnp.sg

A jump in Covid cases to more than 100 a day poses a potential test of resolve for Singapore officials who are counting on one of the world’s best vaccination rates to allow them to stay the course and keep reopening.A cluster at Bugis Junction, a local shopping mall, added 38 new cases on Wednesday, according to a statement from the Ministry of Health. Most of them are linked to multi-story department store BHG, which was closed through Aug. 30 for deep cleaning. The government is encouraging...

SINGAPORE - A new Covid-19 cluster at Bugis Junction with 20 cases - all staff who work at the mall - was announced on Tuesday (Aug 24). Staff who have been working in affected shops will be tested, and close contacts of confirmed cases will be quarantined, said the Ministry of Health (MOH). Free Covid-19 testing will also be offered...

SINGAPORE, Aug 25 —There were 111 new locally transmitted cases of Covid-19 reported yesterday (August 24), including 33 that were not linked to earlier infections. This is the highest tally for locally transmitted cases since August 1, when 113 such infections were recorded. The Ministry of...

SINGAPORE, Aug 25 — The Ministry of Health (MoH) said yesterday (August 24) that it is investigating 20 cases of coronavirus infections among people who work at the Bugis Junction mall. In its nightly update on the coronavirus situation here, MOH added that those who work in the affected...

Late last month, Madam L. Chang, 59, joined her regular group of tennis players for their weekly game at a public sports hall. To her surprise, she was denied entry because she was not officially vaccinated, even though she had taken the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine. After protesting, she was segregated and allowed to play a singles match with another unvaccinated...

How will the future play out for those who cannot, or will not, be jabbed?. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Food and beverage (F&B) establishments had to turn away customers with fake vaccination certificates and some whose full-vaccination status were not yet valid, following the resumption of dining in on Tuesday (Aug 10).