To quickly identify new COVID-19 cases, hospitals in Singapore have started to conduct swab test on hospital staff.
This includes staff facing patients, especially those working in hospital wards and emergency departments will get tested for COVID-19 regularly.
This initiative was started following a recent 43 cases cluster formed at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, which is linked to the new Indian variant of COVID-19.
A woman shared her story online about having her upskirt videos taken by a man. She uses the phrase “red shirt guy” to describe the perpetrator
On May 7 around 8:18 pm, she claims that she did not notice the “red shirt guy” was standing behind her and recording her upskirt. However, a passerby carrying a backpack called Wong noticed that the red shirt guy was behaving strangely.
Wong then tapped on the women’s shoulder and asked if she knew the man that was standing behind her. When the “red shirt guy” heard her answer, he quickly attempted to flee from the scene. Wong and 2 other guys then assisted to capture the perpetrator. They then waited for the police to arrive.
The “red shirt guy” then surrendered his phone to the police for checking. The police also conducted a search and found another phone that contained all the evidence.
The Facebook post regarding this incident is no longer available at the time of writing.
Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin declared a nationwide movement control order, their third major shutdown, effectively sending the country into a lockdown.
It will start on 12 May and last until 7 June.
Tan Sri Muhyiddin said that the decision was made by the National Security Council during a meeting chaired by him earlier today (10 May).
He added that economic activities will continue throughout the country, but social activities, events, dining in at restaurant and inter-district/inter-state travel will all be banned.
Coss-state travel will be allowed only for work, emergencies and medical appointments, spousal visits and for vaccinations.
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A 30-year-old woman allegedly stole a credit card from the workplace where she had her job interview.
She then used the credit card to spend over $5,000.
The victim discovered several unauthorised transactions made with her missing credit card and made a police report on 4 May.
Officers from the Commercial Affairs Department then established the perpetrator’s identity through investigations and arrested the woman on 6 May.
More than 20 unauthorised transactions were made on the card.
Some of the items bought by the alleged thief included two necklaces and two wallets.
The woman was charged in court on 7 May with cheating, with the items that she bought with the stolen credit card recovered.
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Former Minister of Transport, Khaw Boon Wan, has come out of retirement and agreed to become the new chairman of the board of the SPH’s not-for-profit entity.
Khaw said that this was a heavy responsibility and that he is accepting it with “some anxiety”, due to his lack of digital media experience.
He did however, say that he will see how they can adapt relevant experiences from examples of successful transformation elsewhere.
He explains his decision to come out of retirement, saying that he couldn’t allow a Singapore institution to go into decline.
Khaw said:
“It is a heavy responsibility. I accept it with some anxiety as I have no digital media experience. I will see how we can adapt relevant experiences from successful transformation elsewhere.”
“I agree with Minister Iswaran on the local media’s critical role and will do my best to ensure we succeed in this national project.”
“This assignment will disrupt my retirement! In the last one year, I have been blissfully content. But I cannot allow a Singapore institution to go into decline.”
“I will see how I can help unleash the talent and the passion in our newsrooms. We will re-focus on our primary mission of providing quality journalism to help build this young nation.”
Image source: Khaw Boon Wan Facebook
A 5-year-old girl drowned to her death after being left alone at a condominium swimming pool by her mother for 20 minutes.
The incident happened on 8 October 2020 and a coroner’s inquest was called last Friday (7 May).
The sequence of events were recounted.
The girl was taken to the swimming pool at around 6.10pm and drowned to her death after her mother left her unattended for 20 minutes, to go home to use the toilet.
The mother also spent some time at home preparing dinner for the family, during which the girl spent the entirety of the duration alone at the swimming pool.
The mother then returned to the swimming pool at around 6.30pm and realised her daughter was missing.
She then circled the pool a few times before seeking the help of the condo’s security officers.
The officer spotted the girl lying face down and motionless in the pool, before retrieving her and placing her on the deck, wh ile a resident performed CPR on her.
The girl was then sent to the hospital unconscious.
She never regained consciousness and after three days, the decision to take her off life support was made by the parents.
Based on investigations, the girl only attended 3 swimming classes prior to her drowning, and she didn’t know how to keep herself afloat.
The swimming pool was 1.3m deep but the girl was only 1.06m tall.
The girl could be seen in CCTV footages walking along the side of the pool, from the main pool to the jacuzzi area, and then back again.
At about 6.20pm, 10 minutes after her mother left, sudden ripples were seen on the surface of the water as a blue colored kickboard was seen floating away.
It was deduced that the girl had fallen in.
The father then reportedly raised questions on the coroner’s report, saying that a Caucasian man was spotted walking towards his apartment shortly after the kickboard was seen floating away.
The father asked whether the man was interrogated for his involvement in the case, suspecting that someone might have pushed his daughter into the pool.
The investigation officer of the case said that the man was already interrogated, and he had explained that he entered from the back gate of the condo and headed to his apartment.
The man claims to have not seen the girl not the board.
At the time of writing, the case is still under investigation and the coroner’s verdict on the girl’s death has been postponed to a further date.
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A man in Thailand was seen washing his dollar bills in a bucket of soap in a bid to protect himself from Covid-19.
Thailand is currently experiencing a third wave of Covid-19 infections as their citizens get increasingly worried.
It is however, unclear if literally washing money will do anything to help protect oneself from the coronavirus.
Image and video source: @chiangmaielephant on Facebook
MOM confirmed 28 new cases of Covid-19 yesterday (9 May), with 10 of them being in the community.
Of the 10 new community cases, 7 of them are linked to previous cases.
The Changi Airport cluster saw 4 more airport staffs from Terminals 1 and 3 added to the infected list as the cluster grows.
Among them is a 51-year-old work permit holder who works as a cleaner at Terminal 3, who is employed by Ramky Cleantech Services Pte Ltd.
She last went to work on 3 May and is a colleague of a previous case.
Another infection is a 57-year-old Certis Cisco Auxiliary Police Officer working at Terminal 3, whose job scope includes maintaining crowd control and checking traveler’s documents.
He hasn’t been to work since he had an onset of symptoms.
The third case is a 63-year-old male Singaporean who works as a trolley handler and cleaner at Terminal 3, and is also emplpoyed by Ramky Cleantech.
He developed a sore throat on 3 May and cough on 6 May but did not seek medical treatment.
He then developed a runny nose on 8 May and went to a GP clinic, where he was lasted tested for Covid-19.
The fourth airport case is a 66-year-old male Singaporean whyo works as a SATS passenger escort at Terminal 3.
He developed a runny nose and sore throat on 8 May before seeking treatment on the same day, he was fully vaccinated.
TTSH also saw 3 new infections added to their cluster, with a 52-year-old male Singaporean who was warded at the affected Ward 9D.
He developed a cough on 7 May and reported his symptoms to MOH, while he was placed on quarantine.
He was then sent to Alexandra Hospital and tested for Covid-19, which came back positive.
The 2nd case is a 90-year-old male Singaporean who was also warded in the affected Ward 9D from 23 April and he was sent to NCID on 28 April.
He was tested for COvid-19 on 8 MAy and his test came back positive, although he was asymptomatic.
The 3rd case is a 78-year-old female Singaporean who was also warded in the afflicted Ward 9D from20 April and was discharged on 25 April.
She was also on quarantine and tested for the virus on 30 April, which came back negative.
She then got tested again on 8 May after developing a sore throat and runny nose, and she reported her symptoms to MOH.
Her test then came back positive and she was sent to NCID on the same day.
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Twitter use Julielink2 recently posted a video of her dancing and shaking a bottle of Dester beer in hope of getting the uncles to visit her at her work place.
Her work place is at a coffeeshop in Defu Lane and it is currently unknown if you would see her shaking this way during her working hours which is from 4pm to 10pm.
A video emerged online showing two matreps at the staircase donning boxing gloves and fighting at a staircase.
The tinier matrep then punched the other guy’s face while he just stood there, letting himself get hit.
The mini matrep could be heard aiming his punch and exclaiming: “I WANNA JAB AH SIAL!”
Image and video source: @singapuravirall on IG
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