Asian stock markets take cue from US to hit fresh lows
ST Index careens into bear territory for the first time since January 2016 Many stock markets across Asia, including in Singapore, followed the United States into bear territory…
Coronavirus
askST: Can coronavirus be spread by sweat, or via activities such as singing?
There is currently no evidence showing that the virus can be transmitted through one’s perspiration. Concerns have been raised over social activities such as singing and…
OPINION: What is the right way to prevent the spread of Covid-19?
Festivals, the National Games and various social events have been postponed in line with the government’s advice on ways to keep the coronavirus out of Laos. Similar measures…
We can push coronavirus back, says WHO chief
Evidence does not suggest a pandemic, he notes, if numbers are seen in perspective. In spite of the number of cases and number of countries experiencing Covid-19 infections, the…
Two new Covid-19 cases in Singapore, one linked to Wizlearn Technologies; no new patients discharged
MOH said on Tuesday that of the 32 confirmed cases still in hospital, most are stable, while seven are in critical condition in the intensive care unit, one more than on Monday.…
PM agrees with Trump to cancel Asean meet amid virus outbreaks
The US-Asean special summit with US President Donald Trump has been postponed by Prime Minister Hun Sen to next week due to the Covid-19 outbreak. Prime Minister Hun Sen has…
Manufacturing PMI of Malaysia slips to 48.5 in February, Covid-19 affects export orders
As the manufacturing sector was adversely impacted by a dip in export order, lack of raw materials and coronavirus ( Covid-19 ) outbreak in China, Malaysia’s manufacturing…
2 new coronavirus cases in S’pore: Woman linked to family of infected RI boy and maid linked to Science Park II cluster
One of the new cases, a 34-year-old Filipina, is the foreign domestic worker of a man linked to Wizlearn Technologies in Science Park II – a cluster that emerged last…
Coronavirus: Mortality rate, features, transmission & symptoms
The novel coronavirus is transmitted via droplets and fomites during close, unprotected contact between an infector and infectee. Some key insights into the novel coronavirus…
Coronavirus: 2 new cases confirmed; 4 more, including private hospital doctor, discharged
Two patients from the Grace Assembly of God cluster, cases 49 and 73, were also discharged. Two new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) were confirmed by the Ministry…