Han Hongli was sent to Tan Tock Seng Hospital for treatment after the incident.

The female victim of the Beach Road attack in Singapore had multiple stitches on her hands, and the medical expenses were nearly $50,000.

In the case of stabbing someone with a knife outside a hot pot restaurant on Beach Road, the owner of the hot pot restaurant said that the female employee had undergone multiple operations, including a lot of stitches on her severely injured hand. She is currently in stable condition and is recovering.

The owner also said in a Facebook live video that the hospital bills have reached over $48,000.

Background

At about 5:30 p.m. on April 14, in the back alley of Chongqing’s authentic old hot pot restaurant along the beach road, a 46-year-old man chased and slashed his 41-year-old ex-wife with a kitchen knife, causing her to be severely injured and her left hand almost chopped off.

SCDF was alerted to a fire at Tuas, 31 Benoi Lane at about 4.45pm. SCDF is at scene conducting firefighting operations.

Upon SCDF’s arrival, the fire had engulfed the entire premises. SCDF firefighters are fighting the blaze with 3 foam jets and 2 water jets.

According to SCDF, there are still battling the fire at Tuas, 31 Benoi Lane. ( Last Update around 6.50PM)

Smoke can be seen from a distance

Several residents who reside in the West said that they were able to see the smoke coming from Tuas.

SCDF uploaded a video of them fighting the fire:

Minister of Health Ong Ye Kung said during the multi-ministry task force press conference on 22 April, that persons between the ages of 60 and 79 can now take a second booster shot if they want.

The second booster shot should be taken about 5 months after the person’s first booster shot, said Ong during the press conference.

Those 60 and above who are keen on getting their second booster shot, can walk in to any vaccination centre that offers mRNA vaccines, before 7pm to get their jabs.

At the moment, these shots are recommended for those above 80, the medically vulnerable, and residents of aged care.

More than 17,000 senior citizens have already taken their 2nd booster shot within 2 weeks of the Expert Committee’s recommendation, which is about 30% of the eligible people.

Ong added that there are two key considerations when deciding on the rolling out of a second booster proactively.

The first is whether subsequent Omicron of new variant waves break out in other countries, and when they do, we will have a good idea when a new wave may emerge locally before rolling out a second booster before it happened.

The second consideration is the level of vaccine protection against severe illnesses in the population, who have already gotten their first shot.

Ong further added that so far it has been holding up well, with the vaccine efficacy remaining high across the different age groups, above 80%.

On what vaccines to use for the 2nd booster, he said it depends on the nature of the new variant of concern.

“However, if the new variant of concern is more dangerous than the Omicron variant, then it may require a different response strategy as far as the second booster is concerned.”

He added that two characteristics are used to determine if a variant is more dangerous:

• If it leads to more severe illness and deaths among the infected persons
• If it is more infectious than Omicron and dominates it.

“If it is both… we may then need to hunker down for six months or more while scientists develop a new variant-specific vaccine. This is one of the worst-case scenarios that we need to be psychologically prepared for.”

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) said in a news release that the cross-border bus and taxi services between Singapore and Johor Bahru will resume on 1 May.

Here is what they said

        Following the reopening of Singapore and Malaysia land borders for fully vaccinated travellers, the Land Transport Authority, together with the public transport operators, will resume the operation of cross-border bus services from 1 May 2022. Cross-border taxi operations will also resume from 1 May 2022.

2.      Starting next month, Singapore bus operators will reinstate cross-border bus Services between Singapore and Johor Bahru. These include Services 160, 170 and 170X operated by SBS Transit Ltd, Service 950 operated by SMRT Buses Ltd, and Services TS1, TS3, TS6 and TS8 operated by Transtar Travel Pte Ltd.

3.      Since the start of April 2022, bus operators have been recruiting, redeploying and training their drivers and conducting route familiarisation after a two-year hiatus. These services have not been operating since March 2020.

4.      The operating hours of Services 160, 170, 170X and 950 will be the same as pre-COVID, these services will operate between 5.20am and 12.30am. The frequency of the bus services will also be similar. Services 160, 170 and 950 will operate at intervals of up to 20 minutes during peak hours and intervals of up to 25 minutes during off-peak hours, while Service 170X will operate at intervals of up to 9 minutes during peak hours and up to 17 minutes during off-peak hours. Commuters can also check LTA’s MyTransport.SG app or operators’ websites for bus operating hours and arrival timings.

5.      The Land Transport Authority is also working closely with its Malaysia counterpart Agensi Pengangkutan Awam Darat (APAD) to resume cross-border taxi services. Commuters travelling to Johor can either board a taxi at the Queen Street taxi terminal or book one through taxi companies with licensed cross-border taxi drivers.

6.      All travellers are reminded to comply with travel requirements of Singapore and Malaysia to ensure smooth immigration clearance.

7.      With the resumption of cross-border bus services, the existing Vaccinated Travel Bus Services operated by Transtar Travel Pte Ltd and Handal Indah Sdn Bhd will cease on 1 May 2022.