As governments race to roll out contact-tracing apps to fight the pandemic, including an Apple-Google effort in the U.S., an early experiment in Singapore faces a big hurdle: getting people to sign up …
Singapore Tops 10,000 Virus Cases As Worker Infections Rise
The total number of coronavirus cases in Singapore exceeded 10,000 on Wednesday as infections among migrant workers living in dormitories continued to surge.
Coronavirus live updates: Total cases in Singapore top 10,000; new cases in Germany jump by 2,237
China’s National Health Commission said there were 30 new confirmed cases as of April 21, and no new deaths were reported for the seventh straight day.
Hit by coronavirus? Come clean, Singapore bourse tells companies
If issuers do not come clean, investors will assume the worst. In today’s market, the consequences of late or poor-quality disclosure could be dire,” he said. With more than 2.54 million cases …
Asia Today: Singapore extends lockdown amid surge in cases
Singapore will extend its partial lockdown by four more weeks after reporting thousands of new coronavirus cases in recent days …
Losing Streak May Continue For Singapore Stock Market
(RTTNews) – The Singapore stock market has finished lower in consecutive trading days, surrendering more than 60 points or 2.4 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 2 …
Top Singapore Oil Trader Cooked Books For Years, Owes Banks Billions
Hin Leong, one of the largest oil traders in the world, already owes some $3.85 billion to 23 banks, including JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and HSBC Holdings (HSBC), and is seeking protection from its lenders …
Explaining Successful (and Unsuccessful) COVID-19 Responses in Southeast Asia
We have seen huge disparities in the number of confirmed cases, even when we account for cases per capita. There are enormous differences in case fatality rates, from well under 1 percent in Singapore …
Spain’s daily death rate from coronavirus rises slightly; Singapore extends ‘circuit breaker’ measures until June 1
Spain’s daily death toll has risen slightly from Monday; meanwhile, Singapore’s partial lockdown, known as the “circuit breaker,” has been extended to June 1.
How Singapore Flipped From Virus Hero to Cautionary Tale
In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, Singapore was a global standard bearer for taming the deadly illness. Now it’s home to Southeast Asia’s largest recorded outbreak and is racing to regain …