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Before they could march into the wedding hall in the evening yesterday, Ms Rahimah Rashith and her husband Soufyan Zakhnini had their temperatures taken and filled out their names and contact numbers on a contact sheet. All their guests at the Changi-Simei Community Building did likewise after Singapore raised its alert level to orange in […]

Making remarks which hurt the religious or racial feelings of any community is uncalled for even if done privately, Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Masagos Zulkifli said yesterday. Referring to recent online posts by religious teacher Abdul Halim Abdul Karim, Mr Masagos told The Sunday Times the Government is serious in dealing with hate speech. Mr […]

A taxi driver and a private-hire car driver are among the seven new coronavirus cases in Singapore announced by the Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday. None of the seven – six Singaporeans and a permanent resident – has recent travel history to China. Among them, the taxi driver, 64, and private-hire car driver, 53, both […]

Singapore will have to reconsider its strategy if the number of coronavirus cases continues to grow, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday. “If the virus is widespread, it is futile to try to trace every contact. If we still hospitalise and isolate every suspect case, our hospitals will be overwhelmed,” he said in a […]

We have faced the new coronavirus (nCoV) situation for about two weeks now. The Ministerial Task Force, advised by Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, has been leading the Government’s response to this outbreak. They have been dealing with new developments every day, and holding regular press briefings to keep Singaporeans informed every step of […]

Toilet paper rolls, rice, instant noodles, cooking oil and other essentials are among the items flying off supermarket shelves amid concerns over the coronavirus, even as stores work steadily to restock products and reassure shoppers that there is no shortage. A check of more than 10 supermarkets across Singapore yesterday morning saw larger than usual […]

Buy what you need, without hoarding, as there are adequate supplies of food and other essentials, said supermarket chain FairPrice’s group chief executive Seah Kian Peng yesterday. FairPrice has over nine million rolls of toilet paper, 1.2 million packs of instant noodles and four million kg of rice, with more coming in through routine daily […]

Political leaders and experts have come out in force to call for calm and urge people to be responsible, following a second day of panic buying of provisions at stores here. Photos and videos of empty supermarket shelves and people purchasing large amounts of food flooded social media, after Singapore raised its response level to […]

At least 17 people were killed and 21 wounded in a shooting by a soldier in the north-eastern Thai city of Nakhon Ratchasima, a police spokesman said in a message sent to reporters yesterday. Police identified the suspect as Jakrapanth Thomma. He had posted on his Facebook page earlier in the day that “Death is […]

The coronavirus outbreak is a test of Singapore’s social cohesion and psychological resilience, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, as the country announced seven new confirmed cases yesterday. It is the biggest jump reported in a single day, bringing the total number of people infected here to 40. Four are in critical condition, the Ministry […]