By May 10, about 2,200 of students, staff, vendors and visitors of VJC will also be undergoing Covid-19 swab tests. - GOOGLE MAPS
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A student from Victoria Junior College (VJC) tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday (May 7), the Ministry of Education (MOE) said in a statement on Saturday (May 8).
To curb the risk of transmission, 95 students and eight staff who had been in close contact with the student have been placed under quarantine order.
By May 10, about 2,200 of students, staff, vendors and visitors of VJC will also be undergoing Covid-19 swab tests as a precautionary measure given that this is an unlinked case and in light of the increase in community cases, the ministry added.
Joe Biden, who was then US Vice-President, with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing in this file picture from Dec 4, 2013. - Reuters
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): When US President Joe Biden took office in January, there were hopes that the US and China would patch up their relationship, soured under former president Donald Trump. But more than four months into Biden s presidency, the fall-out continues.
Not only did Biden maintain the Trump-era sanctions on Chinese companies, but he also imposed more sanctions on two dozen officials in Hong Kong and China, including a Politburo member, over their involvement in the suppression of pro-democracy movements in Hong Kong.
Staff thoroughly disinfecting one of the wards at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. - TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Staff at Tan Tock Seng Hospital have not only been fighting Covid-19, but some have also faced discrimination from members of the public, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Friday (May 7). People are understandably fearful, but it is no less distressing to see, he said in a Facebook post. For a year plus, all of us have been fighting Covid-19 in one way or another, and because we all worked together, our situation has steadily improved. We cannot let setbacks divide us or wear us down because if we lose our unity, the virus has won.
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): There has been no uptick in heart attacks or strokes among vaccinated people, and no evidence that the Covid-19 vaccines used here can directly cause them, the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) said on Thursday (May 6). A greater frequency of heart attacks and strokes has not been observed in vaccinated persons locally and to date, there is also no evidence that the vaccines can directly cause these events, HSA said in its first update on the safety of the mRNA vaccines used here.
Only the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines are used here. No deaths from heart attacks, strokes or any other causes suspected to be associated with the vaccines have been reported locally, HSA said.
Fan Bingbing sang Taiwanese singer Rene Liu s classic song Later .
Fans of Fan Bingbing have seen the Chinese actress playing diverse roles from Chinese empress Wu Zetian in TV series
The Empress Of China (2014 to 2015) to mutant Blink in the movie
X-Men: Days Of Future Past (2014).
Now, the 39-year-old actress has surprised fans with her good singing voice on social media.
In a video posted on Weibo on Tuesday (May 4), she posted a video of her singing karaoke before watching the movie Tiger Robbers, a crime comedy starring Ma Li and Song Jia.
Fan, who tagged the movie director Li Yu in her post, first sang Taiwanese singer Rene Liu s classic song