SINGAPORE CITY (SINGAPORE) – Singapore authorities said on Monday its police force will be able to access data obtained by its COVID-19 contact-tracing technology as part of criminal investigations and this decision is likely to increase privacy concerns around the new system. The
SINGAPORE (SINGAPORE) – An expert committee convened by Singapore’s health ministry has recommended all residents medically eligible for COVID-19 vaccination to take shots as they become available, although it said vaccination should remain a voluntary option. The recommendation comes as Singapore’s success in controlling the virus makes some question
SINGAPORE – Singapore authorities confirmed the first case of the mutated variant of the coronavirus found in the UK. Eleven others already in quarantine had returned preliminarily positive results for the new strain. All the cases were imported from overseas and they had been placed in two-week quarantine or isolated upon arrival. Their close contacts […]
SINGAPORE – The success of Singapore in controlling the spread of the coronavirus and fears about the potential side effects of the vaccine are making some Singaporeans wary of taking the jabs. Many think that when daily new cases are almost zero and the number of fatalities is among the lowest in the world, there […]
SINGAPORE (SINGAPORE) – Singapore received its first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, according to its flag carrier, ahead of a rollout in the city-state that health officials have said could be as soon as two-three weeks away. Singapore Airlines, which carried the vaccines on board one of its freighters from Belgium, did not […]
SINGAPORE (SINGAPORE) – Pregnant women with COVID-19 do not get more sick than the wider population, according to a Singapore study published on Friday, which also found that babies born to infected mothers have antibodies against the novel coronavirus. The small study of 16 women also found no evidence of virus transmission between mother and […]
SINGAPORE – Zoom Video Communications Inc would expand its presence in Singapore, it said on Wednesday, adding that it would open a research and development centre and hire hundreds of engineering staff immediately. In a statement, the video-conferencing services provider said it was doubling its data centre capacity in the country. The firm, which is […]
SINGAPORE (SINGAPORE) – Singapore is to permit a limited number of business, official and other “high economic value” travellers from around the world, bringing them under a “bubble” arrangement that gives a glimpse into what visitors for this year’s relocated Davos summit can expect. The annual World Economic Forum (WEF) will make its
SINGAPORE – According to the Singapore government, almost half of the migrant workers residing in dormitories have had coronavirus, hinting that the pandemic spread much more widely among those residing in such accommodations than what the official tally reveals. The city state has reported more than 58,000 infections since the pandemic broke out and most […]
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Britain said it was re-emerging as a major trade force as it signed a free trade deal with island nation Singapore on Thursday, its latest agreement globally as it prepares to end its transition out of the European Union on Dec. 31. The deal signing between Britain’s trade minister Liz Truss and […]