SYDNEY (The Straits Times/ANN): On Monday morning (April 19), Christina Cassin arrived in Melbourne from Wellington after taking advantage of a newly opened quarantine-free travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand.
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More than 90 per cent of the population have either downloaded the TraceTogether app or collected the TraceTogether token. - LIANHE ZAOBAO
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): From June 1, digital check-ins for contact tracing at places with higher footfall or where people are likely to be in close proximity can only be done using the TraceTogether app or token.
These places include shopping malls, workplaces, places of worship, schools, educational institutions, dine-in food and beverage outlets and gyms - where the national digital check-in tool SafeEntry has already been implemented.
The mandatory use of TraceTogether comes as more than 90 per cent of the population have either downloaded the app or collected the token, said the Smart Nation and Digital Government Office (SNDGO) and the Ministry of Health (MOH) in a joint statement on Thursday (April 22).
A health worker walks through at a makeshift Covid-19 quarantine facility set up at a banquet hall in New Delhi, India, on April 21, 2021. - Bloomberg
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A new double-mutant variant that is fuelling India s terrifying second wave has led to various countries, including Singapore, taking measures to guard against it.
Called B1617, the new variant is the first to have two mutations E484Q and L452R, which have been seen in other variants.
It has not yet been classified as a variant of concern a term used for other variants like the B117 that was first detected in the United Kingdom and found here but it is proving to be worrying.
WASHINGTON (The Straits Times/ANN): All 40 world leaders who were invited to the climate summit hosted by US President Joe Biden have confirmed their attendance, setting up a meeting of the world's largest polluters and economies with the purpose of galvanising countries to do more to combat climate change before time runs out.