Photo by New Africa / Shutterstock.com The coronavirus has stopped ordinary day-to-day life in its tracks. But some things – broken pipes, stalled refrigerators, disrupted cable service – roll on. If such misfortune visits your household, waiting for the lockdown to end is not an option: You need to make …
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Enterprise Singapore (ESG) and the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) have imposed five composition fines for flouting safe distancing measures, after conducting enforcement checks over the long weekend. Two F&B establishments and one grocery retail store were fined for failing to implement crowd management and allowing customers and delivery personnel to crowd …
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In the United States today, there are approximately four million older adults who are not in nursing facilities but who need help with personal care (bathing, dressing or eating) and another 3.5 million older adults who need assistance in areas such as finances and cooking to live independently. These older …
Read More »Where’s Xi? China’s Leader Commands Coronavirus Fight From Safe Heights
WUHAN, China — President Xi Jinping strode onstage before an adoring audience in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing less than three weeks ago, trumpeting his successes in steering China through a tumultuous year and promising “landmark” progress in 2020. “Every single Chinese person, every member of the …
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