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19.10.2022 / 18:17

XXB likely the most contagious variant of Covid-19. Everything to know

Covid-19 cases between 10 -16 October compared to the previous week. XXB was discovered in Singapore in August. It is a hybrid of Omicron's BA.2.75 and BJ.1 sub-variants.

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Maharashtra detects 18 cases of XXB variant of Covid-19 ahead of festive season

Covid-19 cases in the second week of October. The Department's Surveillance Officer Dr Pradeep Awate had earlier said that the state has reported the XBB variant, which is a new variant having a "growth advantage" over BA.2.75 and immune evasive property. The city civic body asked citizens to get vaccinated against the viral infection, if not done so till now and also get booster dose, and wear face masks in crowded places and follow other COVID-19 protocols.

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Singapore to lift Covid-19 restrictions even for non-vaccinated from next week

Singapore is transparent about the adverse reactions due to the vaccination and its Health Science Authority publishes all reported adverse reactions every three months. He also warned about the evolving nature of the Covid-19 virus which may turn up into any other variant and increase the level of threat. "Come December, we don't know what kind of variant will come up or what kind of variant will arrive in Singapore.

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Trade Ministry to reimplement 35 inactive TAs

COLOMBO (News 1st) – The Ministry of Trade says that steps have been taken to speedily re-implement around 35 trade agreements signed with various countries, which currently remain inactive.Ministry Secretary S.T. Kodikara stated that the International Trade Office, Ministry of Finance, Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Commerce Department of the Ministry of Trade and Ministry of Foreign Affairs will implement this program in collaboration.The Secretary stated that many discussions regarding some trade agreements have collapsed due to various reasons.The Secretary of the Ministry of Trade stated that these agreements are being implemented with the aim of promoting trade among the countries which have exempted existing tax bases.Under this initiative, it is expected to improve the free trade agreement with Singapore.Apart from the FTA, the trade agreements signed with India, Thailand and China, which are currently inactive, are also due to be implemented again soon.

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President to visit India to brief Modi on developments

COLOMBO (News 1st) – Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament on Thursday (6) that he hopes to visit New Delhi to brief Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sri Lanka's postion.However, he did not specify when he would fly to India in his special statement to the Parliament.Noting that Sri Lanka is slowly reaching stability, the President said that a majority in Sri Lanka support the efforts that have been made, while there are some who are against it."They will not support the recovery of an ailing economy, and are waiting for the economy to breathe its last. They believe that when the people start to die in hunger, they can obtain power over the dead.

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Why no diesel price revision? Kanchana explains

COLOMBO (News 1st) – Sri Lanka's Minister of Power & Energy Kanchana Wijesekera on Monday (3) revealed to Parliament that the price of diesel was not reduced during the recent fuel price revision as only a profit of one rupee was being made per liter."When we compare our import prices with the Singapore Average Price we were making a loss of Rs. 30/- per liter of Diesel.

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Navy’s latest OPV from US calls port in Guam on its way to Sri Lanka

COLOMBO (News 1st) – Sri Lanka Navy's latest Off Shore Patrol Vessel, orginally used by the US Coast Guard called port in Guam.Sri Lanka Navy officially took delivery of the EX-United States Coast Guard Cutter, USCGC Douglas Munro, provided by the United States, on 26th October 2021.Subsequently, she was designated with the Pennant Number P 627 in SLN Fleet and underwent certain modernization equipped to suit the operational needs of the Sri Lanka Navy. The ship departed for Sri Lanka from the Port of Seattle, United States on 03rd September 2022.Having covered a long sea voyage of about 5898 nautical miles (10923km) in the Pacific Ocean, P 627 called at Port Apra in Guam for replenishment on 02nd October.During the passage she is also expected to make port calls at Manila in the Philippines and Changi in Singapore for replenishment and services. Meanwhile, P 627 is scheduled to arrive at the Port of Colombo in the first week of November 2022.

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Sri Lanka ready to implement free trade agreement with Singapore – President Wickremesinghe

tOKYO (News 1st) – President Ranil Wickremesinghe met with the Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong in Tokyo on Tuesday (27), and said that his priority was to bring into effect the Free Trade Agreement with Singapore.During the discussions President Wickremesinghe informed the Singaporean Prime Minister that an international trade office was being established in the President’s office.Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong welcomed the news, and stated that Singapore was looking forward to investing in Sri Lanka once again.President Wickremesinghe invited the Singaporean Prime Minister to visit Sri Lanka next year when the country celebrates its 75th Independence Anniversary.

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Sri Lanka switches Coal Supplier; Five shipments from Swiss Singapore

COLOMBO (News 1st) – Lanka Coal (Private) Limited says it will not sign a contract with the supplier it selected to supply coal to Sri Lanka on long-term credit.A senior official attached to Lanka Coal (Private) Limited says the decision was reached as the supplier had failed to place a performance bond of 37 million dollars.He added that the supplier did place the performance bond due to the prevailing credit risk and legal conditions.Therefore, the required coal will be imported to Sri Lanka through Swiss Singapore which bid for the tender.Senior Spokesperson to Swiss Singapore says 50 percent of the tender was procured last year, and the remainder will be procured this year.Although plans were in place to procure the remainder after December this year, steps are now being taken to expedite the process.Accordingly, orders have been placed for five shipments carrying 60,000 metric tonnes of coal each.The first shipment is due to reach Sri Lanka between the 20th and 25th of October.Lanka Coal (Private) Limited says if Sri Lanka decides to purchase coal from the selected supplier on long-term credit, the country would benefit USD 30 from every metric tonne of coal imported to Sri Lanka.

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Fugitive known as 'Fat Leonard' in massive Navy bribery scheme caught in Venezuela

An undated image shows Leonard Glenn Francis. (Credit: U.S. Marshals Service) SAN DIEGO - A defense contractor nicknamed "Fat Leonard" who orchestrated one of the largest bribery scandals in U.S.

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SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in kids after COVID may peak at 1 to 3 months

In a group of nonhospitalized children 0 to 16 years old, SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody levels peaked at about 84% 1 to 3 months after they tested positive for COVID-19 but remain high for more than a year, finds a single-center study published yesterday in JAMA Pediatrics.

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HLL unearthed a firm from Singapore for dispatching substandard Chinese KN95 masks to India: Health Ministry

NEW DELHI : The union health ministry’s central procurement agency--- HLL Lifecare Limited formerly Hindustan Latex Limited (HLL) unearthed a company from Singapore who tried to dispatch millions of substandard Chinese KN95 masks in 2021 to India by forging third party inspections certificate, two senior officials of the health ministry said on Tuesday. A central procurement agency i.e. HLL Lifecare Limited was finalized in February, 2020 to accelerate emergency procurement of essential medical commodities during the covid-19 pandemic.

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mRNA COVID vaccines protect against severe Omicron for at least half a year

COVID-19 mRNA booster vaccines offered protection against severe COVID-19 caused by the Omicron variant for at least 6 months, and three doses of China's inactivated vaccines were more protective than two doses but not as protective as three doses of mRNA vaccines, finds a study from Singapore published today in JAMA Network Open.

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mRNA COVID vaccines protect against severe Omicron for half a year

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COVID-19: Singapore issues new mandatory mask rules

Singapore’s new mandatory mask rules will be applicable from August 29. COVID-19 social mixing restrictions in Singapore will be removed and masks would no longer be required in indoor settings, except in a few places, as per a notification on August 24.

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Singapore to lift indoor masking rules as Covid cases ease

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Study: Incubation times of SARS-CoV-2 variants fell over time

As the dominant circulating strain of SARS-CoV-2 evolved from Alpha to Omicron, the incubation period from infection to symptoms or first positive COVID-19 test result gradually decreased, from 5 to 3.4 days, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published today in JAMA Network Open.

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US restaurant asks S Jaishankar to produce COVID-19 vaccine certificate, then this happens

Also Read: Singapore Foreign Minister calls India's digital identity a "clear opportunity" "I looked at his paper and I asked myself, OK, this is where they are and this is…," said Jaishankar while referring to the digitised version of the certificate. He then goes on to speak about India’s COVID-19 portal CoWIN.

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Langya: Scientists monitoring newly-detected virus after 35 infected in China

FILE - Nipah virus, which is also from the Paramyxoviridae family and the genus Henipavirus, is pictured. (Photo By BSIP/UIG Via Getty Images) An international team of scientists is monitoring a new virus that has infected at least 35 people in eastern China and is thought to have potentially emerged in shrews and passed on to humans. The virus, called Langya henipavirus (LayV), was reported in patients in the Shandong and Henan provinces of China and symptoms included fever and fatigue, as well as some reporting coughing, nausea, headache, and vomiting.

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Nancy Pelosi expected to visit Taiwan, escalating tensions with China

Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (L) meets Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong on Aug. 1 2022 in Singapore.

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India continues to be fastest growing economy despite pandemic, says Nirmala Sitharaman

Pandemic, second wave, Omicron, Russia-Ukraine (war), even today largest supply components in China are under lockdown. In spite of that, we have held inflation well within 7 per cent or below. That has to be recognised," She says in Lok Sabha She further adds, "4,000 banks in China are reported to be going bankrupt.

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News Scan for Jul 28, 2022

A systematic review and meta-analysis published yesterday in BMJ estimates that 5.6% of COVID-19 survivors may face long-lasting changes to their sense of smell or taste, adding to concerns about the overall burden of long COVID.National University of Singapore researchers led the analysis of 18 obse

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COVID-19 Scan for Jul 21, 2022

In 5- to 11-year-old children, two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine were 36.8% effective in preventing all SARS-CoV-2 infections, 63.5% against test-confirmed cases, and 82.7% against hospitalization amid the Omicron variant surge in Singapore, finds a real-world study published yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).Researchers in Singapore analyzed data from 255,936 children aged 5 to 11

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Gareth Southgate could axe England stars over Covid jab as unvaxxed players will miss Iran tie

Gareth Southgate could reportedly leave out several players from his England World Cup squad due to their refusal to be vaccinated.The England manager is allowed to take a squad of 26 players to the Qatar 2022 World Cup, but a number of players in the regular England camp are yet to take their Covid-19 jabs. That could spell trouble due to current regulations meaning they will have to self-isolate for five days upon arrival in the Middle-Eastern country.England's first World Cup clash will be against Iran on November 21, which The Daily Mail reports is just six days after their arrival in Qatar.

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Singapore eases Covid movement curbs for migrant workers

Migrant workers in Singapore no longer need special permission to leave their dormitories from today, after two years of coronavirus curbs, but campaigners have criticised a decision to maintain some "discriminatory" restrictions.

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Covid-19 vaccine: Indian-origin doctor gets Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship. Read here

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Singapore Air eyes overseas hubs as Covid exposes weakness of domestic market

Importance of India Goh highlighted India as a key growth area, saying it is expected to become the world’s third-biggest aviation market by the middle of this decade, if not before. Singapore Airlines teamed up with Indian conglomerate Tata Sons Pvt. to form full-service carrier Vistara, which started flying in 2014.

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Japan to allow mass tourism, but only in tour groups

Japan has announced it will reopen to tourists from 98 countries and regions starting 10 June, ending a two-year pandemic closure, but travellers will only be allowed in with tour groups.

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World has 10-week supply of wheat, expert tells UN Security Council: ‘This is seismic’

NOVOVORONTSOVKA, UKRAINE - MAY 06: Wheat lies piled in a grain warehouse earlier shelled by Russian forces on May 06, 2022 near the frontlines of Kherson Oblast in Novovorontsovka, Ukraine. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) NEW YORK - Global food insecurity has reached levels not seen since the financial crisis of 2008, and it’s only going to get worse without aggressive intervention, a food insecurity expert told the United Nations Security Council this week.Russia’s invasion of Ukraine "did not start a food security crisis," but it did add "fuel to a fire that was long burning," said Sara Menker, CEO of Gro Intelligence, a global company that uses artificial intelligence and public and private data to predict food supply trends."This isn’t cyclical.

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Digital health startup MFine lays off staff

₹740 crore) in its Series E round led by Singapore-based impact investor ABC World Asia in September last year. A unicorn is a privately-held startup with a valuation of at least $1 billion.

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Canada confirms first 2 cases of monkeypox in Quebec

monkeypox as concern grows over the spread of the infectious virus in multiple countries.In a statement late on Thursday, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) said two individuals in Quebec had tested positive for the rare disease.Twenty other suspected cases are also being investigated in the province, Quebec’s Ministry of Health and Social Services (MSSS) said. Monkeypox has Canadian researchers scrambling.

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COVID-19 Scan for May 11, 2022

Researchers in Singapore discovered that a Moderna COVID booster following a two-dose Pfizer vaccine series induced a stronger neutralizing antibody response against the Omicron variant in adults compared with an all-Pfizer series, according to a study today in Clinical Infectious Diseases.The randomized controlled trial included 100 healthy adults who

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Coast Guard searching for missing person in Delaware River

(Photo: US Coast Guard) PHILADELPHIA - The Coast Guard is searching for a 30-year-old man believed to be in the Delaware River in the area of the Central Waterfront, authorities say. According to the U.S. Coast Guard 5th District, the man went missing on Saturday after the Coast Guard received a notice that a crew member from a Singapore-flagged bulk carrier Weco Josefine was no longer on board at 7 a.m. Authorities say the man was last accounted for on the ship between 5:12 a.m.

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Kenneth Tsang, 'Rush Hour 2' and 'Die Another Day' actor, dies at 87

Actor Kenneth Tsang Kong poses with his trophy backstage during the 34th Hong Kong Film Awards on April 19, 2015, in Hong Kong, China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images) HONG KONG - Veteran Hong Kong actor Kenneth Tsang has died while in a COVID-19 quarantine hotel in the southern Chinese city, local media reported.Tsang was best known internationally for his action roles in the 2002 James Bond film "Die Another Day," John Woo’s "The Killer" in 1989, "Rush Hour 2" in 2001 starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, and 1998′s "The Replacement Killers" alongside Chow Yun-Fat and Mira Sorvino.Tsang had been undergoing seven days of quarantine after returning from Singapore on Monday and was found collapsed on the floor of his hotel room by staff on Wednesday, according to the South China Morning Post and other media.The South China Morning Post said Tsang was 87 but other sources gave his age as 86.No cause of death was given and the paper said he had tested negative for the virus and had no underlying medical conditions.In all, Tsang had some 237 acting credits, mainly in Hong Kong film and television productions, and especially in detective and martial arts movies, according to his IMDb page.Born in Shanghai, Tsang began acting after obtaining an architecture degree at the University of California, Berkeley, making his debut in 1955.

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Kenneth Tsang dead – James Bond and Rush Hour 2 actor dies in Covid quarantine hotel aged 86

VETERAN actor Kenneth Tsang has died in a Covid quarantine hotel in Hong Kong, reports say. He was 86.

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James Bond and Rush Hour 2 star Kenneth Tsang dies in Covid quarantine hotel

Hollywood films such as the blockbuster James Bond flick Die Another Day (2002) and Rush Hour 2 (2001). Tsang went into mandatory quarantine at the Kowloon Hotel after returning from Singapore on Monday (April 25).It's claimed Ministry of Health staff found him unconscious at the Hong Kong hotel after he failed to answer the door during daily checks, according to the South China Morning Post.A source suggested he was pronounced dead at the scene and that he previously tested negative for Covid on Tuesday.Moving tributes to the well-loved actor have flooded in on Twitter.One wrote: "This one really hurts.

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Effect of nations' COVID restrictions on mental health varied by type, group

Two studies published yesterday in The Lancet Public Health detail how COVID-19 restrictions moderately affected adults' mental health in 15 nations, with one finding that the type of lockdowns were linked to the level of distress and opinion of the government, and the other suggesting that mental health declined slightly but significantly under lockdown—especially among women.

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Despite high Covid-19 case counts, Asian nations learn to live with the virus

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Hong Kong halves flight suspensions triggered by Covid cases

Hong Kong has said it will halve the period for which it suspends international flights that bring in passengers infected with Covid-19, as the aviation industry increasingly voices alarm over the continued difficulty of operating in the city.

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Singapore to lift virus travel curbs in 'milestone'

Singapore will lift restrictions for all vaccinated travellers from next week, with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong today hailing it as a "major milestone" in the aviation hub's efforts to live with Covid-19.

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Global Covid-19 surge: Asia reports sudden spike in cases. 10 Covid-19 updates

Covid-19 cases, India has been warned to keep the guards up. Just as China battles with a rise in daily cases driven by the highly infectious 'stealth Omicron variant'. Additionally, the World Health Organization has sent out a warning this week, with several nations across the world witnessing a sudden spike in Covid-19 cases yet again.

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India calls for aggressive genome sequencing as Covid cases spike in Asia, Europe

Covid-19 cases are spiking in some Asian and European countries again.

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Starbucks to phase out single-use cups in favor of reusable mugs

SEATTLE - Starbucks lovers may soon see less of an iconic symbol: the white Starbucks paper cup.The Seattle-based coffee chained announced it will phase out its single-use cups bearing the company's logo and other plastics in an effort to reduce landfill waste. While the products may not go away completely, the company plans to make them less attractive and promote reusable mugs. "We set a bold aspiration to become a resource positive company – to store more carbon than we emit, to eliminate waste and to conserve and replenish more freshwater than we use," Michael Kobori, Starbucks chief sustainability officer, said on the company’s website.

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World's COVID-19 death toll nears 6 million

BANGKOK (AP) - The official global death toll from COVID-19 is on the verge of eclipsing 6 million — underscoring that the pandemic, now in its third year, is far from over.The milestone is the latest tragic reminder of the unrelenting nature of the pandemic even as people are shedding masks, travel is resuming and businesses are reopening around the globe. The death toll, compiled by Johns Hopkins University, stood at 5,996,882 as of Sunday morning and was expected to pass the 6 million mark later in the day.Remote Pacific islands, whose isolation had protected them for more than two years, are just now grappling with their first outbreaks and deaths, fueled by the highly contagious omicron variant.Hong Kong, which is seeing deaths soar, is testing its entire population of 7.5 million three times this month as it clings to mainland China’s "zero-COVID" strategy.As death rates remain high in Poland, Hungary, Romania and other Eastern European countries, the region has seen more than 1 million refugees arrive from war-torn Ukraine, a country with poor vaccination coverage and high rates of cases and deaths.And despite its wealth and vaccine availability, the United States is nearing 1 million reported deaths on its own.A nurse checks on a patient in the ICU Covid-19 ward at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro, Arkansas, U.S., on Wednesday, Aug.

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Indonesia, Malaysia to further ease Covid curbs for foreign visitors

Indonesia is considering a quarantine waiver for foreign visitors to its holiday island of Bali from next week, officials said on Saturday, while neighbour Malaysia announced the removal of curbs on travellers from Thailand and Cambodia.

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US warns against Hong Kong travel over Covid rules

The United States has advised citizens against travelling to Hong Kong, citing strict coronavirus curbs and the risk of children being separated from parents as the Chinese city battles a wave of infections.

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Singapore Airlines posts first quarterly profit since pandemic began

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0