JAKARTA (The Straits Times/ANN): The number of fully vaccinated medical workers in Jakarta who were down with Covid-19 increased by five times in just three months this year, most of them infected with the Delta variant, a latest study by Indonesia's health ministry has found.
TOKYO (The Straits Times/ANN): Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is fighting an uphill battle to win the public's compliance with Covid-19 measures, even as an expert panel said on Thursday (Aug 12) that the spiralling infections in Tokyo were nearly beyond containment.
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A 59-year-old man appeared in a district court on Friday (Aug 13) as he is said to have repeatedly committed sexual acts on his adult daughter.