A pre-event test site set up by Kingston Medical Clinic for a wedding reception at the Four Points by Sheraton hotel in Havelock Road on May 8, 2021. - ST
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): From offering refunds to absorbing the costs of pre-event testing, hotels and wedding venues have been working to help couples adapt to the sudden restrictions announced on Tuesday (May 4) and which kicked in this weekend.
For weddings this month, Fairmont Singapore will pay the cost of pre-event testing for Covid-19, if couples want to go ahead with more than 50 people, said Kerry Healy, chief commercial officer of hotel operator Accor for South-east Asia, Japan and South Korea.
People wait to refill medical oxygen cylinders for Covid-19 coronavirus patients at a private refill centre in New Delhi on May 7, 2021. - AFP
NEW DELHI (The Straits Times/ANN): In a country home to the world s third-highest number of billionaires, questions have mounted over the lack of contribution from its uber rich to support India s fight against a crippling second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Unlike in the first wave, when several among India s super rich contributed generously, their role during the ongoing second wave has mostly been symbolic or focused on measures such as boosting oxygen supply.
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), owned by India s richest businessman Mukesh Ambani, donated five billion rupees (S$90.4 million) to the PM CARES Fund last year in March. This time, it has focused its efforts on setting up Covid-19-care facilities and boosting oxygen availability.
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Singapore is not closing its doors to all work pass holders and their dependants, said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on Saturday (May 8), following surges in Covid-19 cases in several countries.
Overall, the number of new cases in the community has risen from 37 in the week before to 43 in the past week. - Reuters
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): There were 28 new coronavirus cases, including 10 in the community, reported on Sunday (May 9).
Of the 10 cases, five are linked to previous cases and had already been placed under quarantine. This takes Singapore s total number of cases to 61,359.
The other 18 cases were imported. They had been placed on stay-home notice (SHN) or isolated on arrival from Singapore, said the Ministry of Health (MOH). Among them were 11 Singaporeans or permanent residents.
There were no cases from the workers dormitories.