Singapore to further scale back COVID-19 financial support; vaccines and antivirals stay fully subsidised

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FREE VACCINATIONS COVID-19 vaccinations and oral antivirals will remain fully subsidised for clinically eligible patients. This will apply in outpatient, including primary care, ambulatory settings of public hospitals and nursing homes, until further notice. COVID-19 jabs under the National Vaccination Programme will continue to be offered free to all Singaporeans,Continue Reading

COVID-19 measures for foreign workers in dormitories to align with that of the community from Mar 1

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SINGAPORE: Current COVID-19 health measures for migrant workers living in dormitories will align with community guidelines from Mar 1, authorities said on Thursday (Feb 9). This will come about two weeks after the measures are stood down for the community and the Disease Outbreak Response System Condition, or DORSCON, isContinue Reading

We’ve never been closer to nuclear catastrophe

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The following interview took place on January 25, 2023, one day after the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists advanced the hands of the Doomsday Clock to 90 seconds before midnight – in large part because of developments in Ukraine. Helen Caldicott (left), an Australian peace activist and environmentalist, discussed the extreme and imminent threat of a nuclear […]Continue Reading

Should investors be spooked by Adani debacle in India

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The crisis and scandal swirling around India’s mega-powerful Adani Group heightened this week as hundreds of members of India’s opposition parties took to the streets to demand an investigation into allegations by a US. short-seller against the conglomerate. It triggered the Adani Group share price to go into freefall.  Market losses have now exceeded US$110 […]Continue Reading