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Coronavirus Singapore

Coronavirus Singapore
Latest news and updates on the impact of a new strain of coronavirus on Singapore. The virus causes the disease Covid-19 and the World Health Organisation has declared the spread of the infection a pandemic.
A Singapore coroner has ruled that a 72-year-old woman, who a day after getting a Covid jab, died from heart failure, not from taking the vaccine. Photo: AFP
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Heart failure, not Covid vaccine to blame for woman’s death in Singapore: coroner

In his report, Coroner Christopher Goh noted that Chan Yoke Chew, who died a day after taking her first Covid shot, had a known history of diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease.

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Singapore jails man for hosting drug-fuelled party that breached Covid rules

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Singapore slams opposition claims linking Covid vaccines to excess deaths

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‘No reason to panic’ in Singapore, even with latest wave of Covid-19 infections

Infectious disease experts in Singapore say there is ‘no reason to panic’, even as the ‘mildness of this current wave’ may cause it to drag out for a long time.

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A man takes pictures of a mask wearing a face mask in front of the Marina Bay Sands hotel. The new wave accounts for more than two-thirds of infections in the city state. Photo: AFP
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Singapore to roll out automated lanes for all visitors to speed up travel

The moves should reduce immigration clearance time at Changi Airport, and may give Singapore an edge over Hong Kong, another regional air hub, where immigration isn’t as automated.

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The Loong goodbye: not the end of the political road for Singapore PM

Lee Hsien Loong has led the island nation through major challenges in his two decades behind the wheel and will hand over power on May 15.

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China economy

Outside In | Global tourism is recovering, but for Asia it’s a mixed bag at best

UN Tourism forecasts a full recovery this year but the data is skewed by the robust recovery in Europe; across Asia, arrivals remain well below 2019 levels.

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Tourists watch a folk art performance among pear blossoms in Dangshan, east China’s Anhui province, on April 2. China’s domestic tourism has recovered but it’s a different story for international travel. Photo: Xinhua
Singapore

Singapore Airshow’s record numbers, China’s C919, raise hopes of post Covid boom

Close to 60,000 people attended the four trade days of the show, nearly four times as many as in 2022 when foreign visitors required daily rapid tests for Covid-19.

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‘Want to support our nurses’: Singapore offers US$74,500 bonus to retain staff

Covid-19 exacerbated the nursing shortage in Singapore, with a higher than usual number of foreign nurses leaving during the pandemic, the health minister said.

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Wildest dreams: Singapore lures Taylor Swift with grant for sold-out gigs

Singapore has seen a boom in concerts since pandemic lockdowns ended, with big names like Blackpink, Coldplay and Ed Sheeran playing sold-out shows.

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Taylor Swift performs during the first night of The Eras Tour in Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Swift is set to perform six sold-out shows in Singapore early in March. Photo: EPA-EFE
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Will Singaporeans mask up amid rise in Covid-19 cases?

Instead of tightening rules, the government is likely to issue more advisories on hygiene, mask wearing and precautions for vulnerable groups, experts say.

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A man takes pictures of a mask wearing a face mask in front of the Marina Bay Sands hotel and resort in Singapore. Covid-19 infections in the city state rose to 56,043 in the week of December 3 to 9, a 75 per cent increase on the week. Photo: AFP
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Singapore tells residents to mask up, opens new Covid centre as cases soar

The city state will also open a second Covid treatment facility to deal with the rising infections that topped 56,000 last week.

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Calls for return of masks, airport scanners in Southeast Asia amid Covid surge

The goal is to slow the spread of a variety of germs, as a confluence of Covid, flu and other respiratory pathogens may set off wider outbreaks that ultimately stretch healthcare systems.

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Waning immunity, increased travel fuel jump in Singapore Covid cases

The health ministry said Covid-19 hospitalisations and ICU cases had shot up in recent weeks.

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Singapore’s Ministry of Health said the rise in Covid-19 cases could be due to several factors, including increased travel. File photo: AFP
Hong Kong society

Opinion | For a healthier Hong Kong, give people urban green spaces to enjoy

While Hong Kong has better access to urban green space, Singapore has more of it and in better quality. Amid rising mental health issues, urban planning is more important than ever.

A girl flies a kite at the waterfront of the West Kowloon Cultural District on February 15. Studies show that, in cities, green spaces play an important role in supporting mental health. Photo: Sam Tsang
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Singapore’s Changi airport sees traffic soar to over 5 million a month

Ranked the best in the world, Changi airport has crossed the milestone figure for the first time since pre-pandemic levels.

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Singapore dodges recession – ‘technically’ – for now

Not ‘out of the woods completely … it’s ‘still a half full, half empty kind of situation’, economist says.

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Hong Kong property

Singapore home rents close gap with Hong Kong on diverging expat flows

Residential rents in Hong Kong and Singapore remain close to parity after the gap shrank dramatically over the past five years, signifying the diverging fortunes of the rival Asian financial hubs, official data compiled by property consultancy CBRE showed.

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The One Pearl Bank residential project, center back, at Outram-Chinatown precinct in Singapore, on Sunday, June 4, 2023. The government reiterated it expects 40,000 home completions this year – the highest in the last five years – and about 100,000 by 2025. Photo: Bloomberg
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Singapore PM Lee ‘finally Covid free’ 6 days after rare rebound case

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had tested positive again on June 1 due to a ‘Covid-19 rebound’.

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Singapore PM Lee says he feels fine after getting Covid again

Lee said he feels fine, adding doctors told him that it was a post-Covid rebound.

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Singapore’s Covid-19 deaths surged in April despite drop in cases

The city state reported 54 deaths last month, nearly double of the total number recorded in the first quarter.

Covid-19 infections in Singapore had peaked at about 4,000 per day before subsiding earlier this month. Photo: Bloomberg
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Singapore PM Lee tests positive for Covid-19 after recent trip to Africa

The PM said he has been prescribed the antiviral medication Paxlovid because of his age, adding that his most recent booster shot was in November.

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Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced on Facebook that he has tested positive for Covid-19. Photo: File/AFP
Singapore

Singapore Airlines to pay staff 8 months’ bonus after record profit

The city state’s flag carrier reported net income of US$1.62 billion for the year ended March 31, after posting losses for the past three years.

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‘Pandemic 2.0’ could hit Asia-Pacific economies hard: MSD report

Annual projected losses could hit US$11.8 billion for Singapore and US$13.8 billion for Hong Kong if Covid-19 infections were to worsen, the report said.

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‘This is unthinkable’: Singaporeans stuck in 16-hour queues for China visa

Although China has eased its strict pandemic restrictions, it has not resumed the ability for Singaporeans to visit the country visa-free for 15 days.

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The crowd outside the China Visa Application Centre in Singapore on Monday. Photo: Kimberly Lim
Malaysia

Fear of Covid patients swamping Southeast Asia hospitals returns as cases soar

Government hospital bed occupancy rate has gone up in Malaysia, while the Philippines reopened its Covid wards to tackle rise in infections.

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In the Philippines, Covid-19 positive rates among people tested jumped from just 7 per cent at the start of April to 17 per cent by the end of the month. Photo: Reuters
Singapore

Singapore’s Covid cases are on the rise. Most young kids aren’t fully protected

Only 28 per cent of children aged five to 11 have ‘minimum protection’ against the disease, according to the city state’s Health Ministry, as weekly Covid case numbers top 27,000.

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Singapore to ‘avoid outright contraction’, PM says

In his annual May Day message, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said there is hope inflation will let up in the second half of the year and that retrenchment numbers ‘remain manageable’.

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