While 2020 may have killed many businesses, it has also sparked the birth of ingenious business ideas. The COVID-19 pandemic served as a window of opportunity for some businesses, and is a period of time that allowed them to pivot or start up something new amid these trying times. From …
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Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced yesterday (December 14) that Singapore will enter Phase 3 of reopening on December 28. Despite the easing of restrictions in a controlled manner, PM Lee warned that we should not let our guards down. The pandemic is still raging and we might have to …
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[Article has been updated on 14 December 2020, 5:40pm] Singapore has approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong today (14 December) in an address. The first shipment is expected to arrive by the end of this month, making Singapore one of the first …
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Weighing the risks and benefits of participating in sports against the larger public health factors. My latest column, about the American Academy of Pediatrics’ new guidance on youth sports in the time of Covid, drew two very different sets of parental responses. The guidance emphasizes the importance of wearing face …
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As cases soar in Texas, hospitals are filling up from El Paso to Lubbock. The Big Bend region is especially vulnerable, with just one hospital for 12,000 square miles. ALPINE, Texas — It is one of the fastest-growing coronavirus hot spots in the nation, but there are no long lines …
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Singapore currently has plans to form Air Travel Bubbles (ATB) with other nations, various green and fast lane arrangements, and has since opened up its borders to China and Australia. It will allow for travel without quarantine, provided that the traveller’s Covid-19 test results are negative. However, these results are …
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Erika Becerra, 33, was intubated almost immediately after she gave birth to her first son, Diego. Her brother said she never got to hold the boy. Erika Becerra was eight months pregnant when she learned she had tested positive for the coronavirus. Almost immediately after she got the result, her …
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Earlier this month, Farah Khemili popped a wintergreen breath mint in her mouth and noticed a strange sensation: a bottom tooth wiggling against her tongue. Ms. Khemili, 43, of Voorheesville, N.Y., had never lost an adult tooth. She touched the tooth to confirm it was loose, initially thinking the problem …
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The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted all aspects of our lives and careers, and it has also put a heavy toll on our economy. In the second quarter, Singapore’s economy contracted by 13.2 per cent year on year — the worst quarterly contraction on record. Gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by …
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