A photo emerged online showing an ingenious way of protecting oneself from Covid-19.
An aunite was seen wrapping her head fully inside a plastic bag, presumably to play hide-and-seek with Covid-19.
If she cannot see the coronavirus, the coronavirus probably cannot see her too.
Image source: @sg.incidents on IG
On 19 May, The Ministry of Health reported a total of 38 cases and 34 are community cases on 19 May 2021.
28 had already been quarantined earlier. 30 of the community cases are linked and 4 of them are not.
Case 63453Â is a 45 year-old male Singaporean who is a Safe Distancing Ambassador deployed at Westgate.
He developed a cough and sore throat on 15 May, and a runny nose and body aches on 17 May but did not seek medical treatment until 18 May at a polyclinic.
He was tested for COVID-19, and his test result came back positive for COVID-19 infection on 19 May. His serology test result is pending.
Case 63453 received his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on 29 March, and the second dose on 25 April.
Well, there is no stopping for most of the travelers that want to leave Singapore, however many other countries might not even allow tourists in, and at the same even if it’s allowed, it makes no sense to be quarantined for up to 14-21 days and spend a maximum of only 14 days at the destination.
With the ever-changing situation of many countries, the rules or travel bubbles may cease to exist anytime.
Singaporeans cant enter
There are currently discussions between Singapore & Malaysia on traveling on the reason of compassionate grounds but nothing is cast in stone yet.
Basically Singaporean cant enter unless you fall into the following categories.
Foreigners are not allowed in Vietnam will not grant entry visas to foreigners unless you belong to the following category:
Do note that even if you fall into any of the categories it is based on a case-by-case basis. Even if you are allowed to go in you will need to be quarantined for 21 days (previously 14), and only allowed to stay for up to 14 days.
Meaning if your allowed entry you must be prepared to stay in Vietnam for over 3 weeks or even 1.5 months.
A story was send in after two friends got into a quarrel after a $50 note went missing. Three people were on scene and the victim accuse the rich guy for stealing and committing the petty thef.
I was drinking at my friend’s house along with another guy and both of them were drunk but I was still sober. I went home and left them there, the other guy was drunk and slept over at his house.
The next morning my phone was bombarded with a ton of text from the house owner claiming that $50 has gone missing from his wallet. The other guy who was at the house with me has always lived on stealing, cheating and he was always a cheapo who is poor.
My friend knew that I stayed in a bungalow and I a millionaire and have no worries for money as I am drawing a decent salary as well. Instead of blaming the other person, he blamed me for stealing $50.
I have no need to commit a crime for $50 and he refused to listen or talk to me because he believed in his low-life friend.
Sometimes, people are blind they believe who they wanna believe but never goes through a logical thought process.
On Tuesday (May 18), more than 7kg of drugs including 2,287g of heroin, 5,041g of ‘Ice’ and more than 630g of Ecstasy tablets were seized by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) from several locations.
On May 18, CNB officers raided a residential unit along Jurong East Ave 1 and arrested 2 Singaporean males aged 26 and 28. They found 466g of heroin hidden in a fire extinguisher and 7g of ice in the unit. Various drug tools and cash was also found.
Before the arrest, various drugs were allegedly thrown out of the unit’s window. The CNB recovered the substances and seized 1,821g of heroin and 518g of ‘Ice’.
In another operation on the same day, CNB officers raided a location around Chai Chee Street. They then arrested 3 Singaporean males aged 26, 31 and 48 years old. A total of about 83g of ‘Ice’ was seized from them.
In a follow-up operation on the same day, CNB officers raided a residential unit around Lorong Limau and arrested one Singaporean male aged 31 and one female Singapore PR aged 27.
A total of about 4,346g of ‘Ice’, 6g of cannabis, about 1g of ketamine, more than 630g of ‘Ecstasy’ tablets, 201 Erimin-5 tablets, one LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) stamp and various drug tools were found in the unit and confiscated by CNB officers.
The 31-year-old suspect was then escorted to his vehicle and another 87g of ‘Ice’ were found.
Investigations on those 7 suspects are still ongoing.
The famous Eng’s Wantan Noodle at 287 Tanjong Katong Road, well known for their fiery and spicy chilli, have been suspended from 18 May until further notice.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) said in a joint released on 18 May that 13 people have come down with gastroenteritis symptoms after consuming food prepared there between 14 May and 16 May.
None were hospitalised and they sought outpatient treatment, with some self medicating and some recovering themselves without treatment.
All food handlers at the establishment are required to attend and pass the Food Safety Course Level 1 again, and have to test negative for foodborne pathogen before being allowed to resume work handling food.
The same goes for the appointed food hygiene officer working at the premises.
The restaurant is also instructed to clean and sanitise the premises.
SFA reiterated that they will not hesitate to take firm action against anyone in violation of the Environmental Public Health Act.
Image source: Google Maps
In the wake of Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s “Singapore variant” remark and urging India to ban all flights with Singapore, Delhi’s Health Minister Satyendar Jain has since joined the fray and said that there is a “different strain” of Covid-19 in Singapore.
Jain said:
“There are many strains of coronavirus in India at present… Their presence is ascertained through genome sequencing. It is a different strain (in Singapore) indeed. Whether it is from Singapore, Delhi, America or London, what”s important is that the strains are different.”
He then categorically highlighted his point:
“It is wrong to say it is not a different variant… The picture will be clear in some time. We will inform you about it.”
Jain’s remarks come hot on the heels of Singapore’s MFA reaching out to the India’s High Commissioner, P Kumaran, to express concerns over Kejriwal’s “Singapore variant” remarks.
Singapore’s Ministry of Health also released a statement addressing the claims.
Most notably, Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan also took to social media to respond to Arvind Kejriwal.
Images source: Singapore Incidents Facebook and @SatyendarJain on Twitter
A netizen shared his experience online about almost being hit by a falling glass bottle.
On Monday(May 17) at around 1.35 pm, he was walking along Block 469 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10. He claimed that upon entering the void deck 3 seconds later, a bottle fell. He described it as a “near-death experience”
“I reported it to the police. They came, interviewed me and took some photos.” he said
“There were four old folks sitting at the void deck who witnessed what happened and told me that this is quite common. I had also previously encountered food being thrown down at the same spot.” he added
Police investigations are still ongoing.
A Thai restaurant located at Golden Mile Tower is being investigated for allegedly selling pig blood curd (think beancurd, but made with pig blood), according to a media released earlier today (19 May) by the Singapore Food Agency (SFA).
An operation was conducted at the restaurant, which is unnamed, by the SFA, who acted on a tip off.
SFA found the restaurant selling a dish containing pig blood curd, and is now being investigated for the illegal sale and possession for sale of animal blood curd.
Unsold pre-packed pig blood was also seized.
The sale of animal blood food products are banned in Singapore, because blood can easily support the growth of bacteria and spread diseases.
It can also introduce food borne pathogens into blood food products.
Images source: Singapore Food Agency
A TikTok user named @ansonlaoshi, literally went the extra mile to return a $2 note that he picked up on the floor, to a migrant worker who didn’t realise it.
The migrant worker was on his bicycle and it took Anson some time to run and catch up to him, as he filmed himself running and running after the worker.
He captioned his video:
“My IPPT Gold put to good use.”
Image and video source: @ansonlaoshi on TikTok
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