With Scott Morrison visiting the south-east Asian city-state next week, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has flagged a desire to “stay connected to the world”.
The government plans to vaccinate children and is imposing a partial lockdown as it battles to contain a surge in community transmission of the coronavirus.
May 7, 2021 â 3.05pm
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The crisis in Indiaâs hospitals is likely to run well into July, even if the second wave of COVID-19 infections peaks this month â or at least that is the best guess forecasters can glean from limited data.
For national and international policymakers trying to chart a path through Indiaâs pandemic disaster, the reported figures are an indication of direction, rather than a true measure of the disaster engulfing the country, observers say.
A woman pulls away her crying relative as she reacts to the burning funeral pyre of their family member who died of COVID-19.Â
Travel prospects dim as south-east Asia confronts new infections
Apr 16, 2021 â 4.34pm
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Singapore | Assurances that a Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble is on track to open soon are the one bright spot for would-be tourists as south-east Asian nations battle new outbreaks and confront the limits of vaccination.
Thailand, which had planned to open its borders for international travellers in July, is logging record numbers of new infections, while the Philippines is battling to treat more than 183,000 active cases.
Incoming: Healthcare workers prepare beds at an isolation unit at the Ratchapiphat Hospital in Bangkok. Â
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Authorities in the majority Muslim nations of Malaysia and Indonesia, in an effort to stop new surges, have banned long trips home that traditionally mark the end of Ramadan.