Tag Archives: COVID19

Regular life has been thrown off the rails by Covid-19, and part of its effects is a massive decline in spending. According to the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)’s recent macroeconomic review, about 60 per cent of consumer spending has been affected. With air travel halted and non-essential services suspended …

A small study of patients who were severely ill from the coronavirus hints that treatment with antibodies from recovered patients may modestly help recovery and survival, scientists reported on Friday. The study, although far from conclusive, is said to be the largest of subjects recovering from Covid-19, the illness caused …

Over the last few months, food delivery apps have faced heat for charging steep commissions of 30 to 40 per cent, eating into hawkers’ already-thin margins as they struggle to survive in light of the dining-in ban. Commission fees also serve as a barrier that is currently preventing hawkers from …

The government recently announced that there will be no further extension to the circuit breaker measure in Singapore and that it’ll be lifted on June 1 as planned. Many Singaporeans were looking forward to resuming life as per normal and return to the office for work. However, the authorities have …

A preprint study published by researchers at the Southern California Eye Institute, CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, and the University of California, Berkely investigated the biases that exist in COVID-19 case fatality ratios between groups and countries, like time- and severity-dependent reporting of cases and time-lags in outcomes. They found …

Google is introducing a new feature that shows which hotels have special rates and policies for frontline workers dealing with the COVID-19 crisis. The feature is another example of how technology companies are adapting their products to capitalize on the new landscape ushered in by the global pandemic. Tourism has …

Singapore residents will be able to collect improved, reusable face masks from next Tuesday (May 26), as part of the country’s third mask distribution exercise. The free masks can be collected from 24/7 vending machines located at all community clubs until Jun 14. Masks will also be available from all 109 Community …

Many people have already felt the ripple effects of COVID-19 on their finances — job loss, business closures, retirement funds or investment rates. But what about the cost of actually getting the virus? Testing, treatment and vaccines have to be paid for by someone. Hopefully, it’s mostly paid by your …

Economic uncertainty continues to be a concern for Singaporeans as we battle Covid-19. With Singapore’s economy drastically hit by Covid-19 and targeted to enter a recession this year, Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing shared his outlook for the economy in a Bloomberg interview on Wednesday (May 20). …