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Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said on Sunday the government will stick to plans to start reopening the country only from mid-next year, as pres...

Singapore posts worst daily Covid figures in months 2021-05-16 HKT 18:34 Share this story Chairs are sealed off at a hawker centre in Singapore. The country implemented a dine-in ban on Sunday as part of its anti-pandemic measures. Photo: AFP Singapore's health ministry on Sunday preliminarily confirmed 38 locally transmitted Covid-19 cases, the highest daily number since mid-September, as the city-state returned to the strictest curbs on gatherings since a coronavirus lockdown last year. The news casts further doubt on the likelihood that a so-called travel bubble with Hong Kon...

Modi says Covid "storm" has shaken India 2021-04-26 HKT 02:38 Share this story Masked relatives offer prayers for a victim of Covid-19 in the Indian city of Gauhati on Sunday. Photo: AP Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged all citizens to be vaccinated and exercise caution, saying on Sunday the "storm" of infections had shaken India, as the country set a new global record of the most number of Covid-19 infections in a day. The United States said it will immediately provide raw materials for one of the Covid-19 vaccines, medical equipment and protective gear to help India respond. ...

Singapore quarantines 1,200 migrant workers 2021-04-23 HKT 11:56 Share this story Migrant workers are seen resting at balcony at the dormitories that house foreign workers and has been made into an isolation area to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Photo: AFP Singapore has quarantined about 1,200 migrant workers from a dormitory after coronavirus cases were discovered among men thought to have already recovered from infections, officials said. Vast dormitories housing mostly South Asian workers were at the centre of Singapore's initial outbreak last year, with the majority of the...

Singapore probes 'reinfection' in migrant dorms 2021-04-22 HKT 10:15 Share this story A migrant worker dons a government-issued mask after an earlier outbreak in Singapore. File image: Shutterstock Singapore's manpower ministry said authorities were investigating the possibility of Covid-19 reinfections among residents in a migrant workers' dormitory, after finding more positive cases in the facility. Authorities had conducted Covid-19 tests on all residents at Westlite Woodlands Dormitory after a 35-year-old worker was found positive on April 20 as part of routine testing. The ...