COVID 19

SINGAPORE: A fresh surge of COVID-19 infections in India spurred on by the Omicron sub-variant XBB.1.16 strain, also known as “Arcturus.” Infections have been up thirteenfold in India over the past month, and its health ministry is currently holding...

SINGAPORE: After Dr Janil Puthucheary sent an invitation to Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh and three other opposition MPs to a Mar 20 event in Parliament to thank COVID-19 frontliners, Mr Singh, in turn, invited Ms Sylvia Lim (WP-Aljunied...

SINGAPORE: In a recent post, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong shared a video showcasing frontline workers invited to witness the Parliamentary debate on the White Paper on Singapore’s Response to COVID-19. In his post, Mr Lee spoke of...

SINGAPORE: On Monday (Mar 20), as the Covid-19 White Paper was debated in Parliament, Workers’ Party MP Leon Perera (Aljunied GRC) underlined the need for better protection for the country’s migrant workers as a matter of social justice and...

SINGAPORE: In Parliament on Monday (Mar 20), Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh (Aljunied GRC) called for the full report to be made public during the debate on the Covid-19 White Paper, even as he assured the House that the...

SINGAPORE — Six additional charges have been filed against Healing the Divide founder Iris Koh, 47, involving conspiring with general practitioner Jipson Quah, 35, to lie to the Ministry of Health (MOH) that a number of people had received...

The World Health Organization recommended on Tuesday (Jan 10) that countries consider having passengers on long-haul flights wear masks because of the swift spread of the most recent sub-variant of Covid-19, XBB.1.5 named the “Kraken” after a legendary sea...

SINGAPORE — Singaporeans are responding to Health Minister Ong Ye Kung's recent address regarding imported Covid-19 cases and how the nation is not experiencing a surge in Covid-19 cases brought in by travellers from China. In a recent address,...

SINGAPORE — In a touching scene from a video shared widely on social media, a family could be seen laying out a red carpet for their grandmother, who flew in on one of the first flights from China. It shows...

SINGAPORE: The Health Minister is scheduled to deliver a ministerial statement on the county’s response to the present global COVID-19 situation on Monday (Jan 9), the next session. Several Members of Parliament have raised questions about how prepared Singapore is...