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(1) SINGAPORE PE REPORTED THAT A FILIPINO HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 AND IS NOW IN ISOLATION AT SG』S NATIONAL CENTRE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES. THIS IS FIRST CONFIRMED CASE INVOLVING A FILIPINO IN SG. SINGAPORE PE IS IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH… @TEDDYBOYLOCSIN #DFAINACTION
EARLIER THIS MONTH, AN INDONESIAN WOMAN WORKING IN SINGAPORE WAS TESTED POSITIVE OF THE VIRUS AND HAS BEEN UNDER INTENSIVE CARE AT THE SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL.
MANILA: FAMILIES OF HUNDREDS OF FILIPINO CREW MEMBERS STILL STUCK ON BOARD THE CORONAVIRUS-STRICKEN DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP ARE INCREASINGLY WORRIED FOR THEIR RELATIVES" HEALTH, AS THE PHILIPPINES POSTPONED ON SATURDAY (FEB 22) A SCHEDULED TRIP TO BRING THEM HOME.
IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, THERE HAS BEEN A SPIKE IN COVID-19 CASES IN ALMOST ALL THE NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES IN SOUTH EAST ASIA INCLUDING VIETNAM (16 CONFIRMED CASES), THAILAND (35 CASES), PHILIPPINES (3) AND ONE EACH COVID POSITIVE CASE FROM NEPAL AND SRI LANKA. SO FAR, IN SINGAPORE, NEARLY 89 PERSONS HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 OUT OF WHICH FOUR PERSONS WERE CRITICAL WHILE 49 PERSONS WERE DISCHARGED AND 40 OTHERS WERE STILL IN ISOLATION AND RECEIVING TREATMENT FROM HEALTH CARE WORKERS.
EIGHT MORE FILIPINOS HAVE BEEN INFECTED BY THE VIRUS ABOARD CRUISE SHIP DIAMOND PRINCESS, BRINGING UP THE TOTAL NUMBER OF FILIPINOS TESTING POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 ON THE BOAT TO 35. THE CREW MEMBERS WERE TAKEN TO JAPANESE HOSPITALS FOR TREATMENT.
IN THE SOUTHERN CHINESE CITY OF GUANGZHOU, A MAJOR TRADING AND ECONOMIC HUB, A NUMBER OF BARS HAVE STARTED DELIVERING THEIR DISCOUNTED DRINKS. BANDIDOS, A MEXICAN EATERY, IS PACKING ITS 25 YUAN ($3.58) MARGARITAS INTO JARS AND SENDING THEM WITH A STRAW TO CUSTOMERS. THEIR HAPPY HOUR IS FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY BETWEEN 4 P.M. TO 7 P.M LOCAL TIME. CUSTOMERS CAN CONTACT ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE BAR ON MESSAGING APP WECHAT TO ORDER THEIR DRINKS. — ARJUN KHARPAL.
BOTH PATIENTS HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN UNDER QUARANTINE ABOARD THE DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP IN YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, BEFORE BEING FLOWN INTO THE TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE IN SOLANO COUNTY, AND SUBSEQUENTLY ARRIVING IN NAPA. THEY ARE BOTH UNDER FEDERAL QUARANTINE IN THE U.S. AND NEITHER ARE NAPA RESIDENTS.
EARLY ON THE MORNING OF FEB. 2, BEFORE THE SHIP HAD DOCKED IN YOKOHAMA, HONG KONG OFFICIALS INFORMED THE JAPANESE HEALTH MINISTRY ABOUT AN INFECTED PASSENGER, THE NEWSPAPER REPORTED. A SPOKESWOMAN FOR PRINCESS CRUISES SAID THE COMPANY RECEIVED 「FORMAL VERIFICATION」 OF THE INFECTION FROM HONG KONG ON FEB. 3, THE TIMES REPORTED. THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE TO PASSENGERS THAT NIGHT, AND THEY WERE ADVISED AROUND 11 P.M. TO REMAIN IN THEIR ROOMS, THE TIMES REPORTED.
A BUS CARRYING SOME EUROPEAN PASSENGERS FROM THE QUARANTINED DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP LEAVES A PORT IN YOKOHAMA, NEAR TOKYO, FEB. 21, 2020. PASSENGERS TESTED NEGATIVE FOR COVID-19 STARTED DISEMBARKING WEDNESDAY.
JAPAN YESTERDAY ANNOUNCED 79 MORE POSITIVE CASES ABOARD THE SHIP, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INFECTED TO AT LEAST 621 – NEARLY ONE IN FIVE OF ITS ROUGHLY 3,700 PASSENGERS AND CREW. ABOUT 150 AUSTRALIANS ALSO RETURNED HOME THIS MORNING EXCEPT FOR ONE FAMILY FROM MELBOURNE, AFTER A MEMBER TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS HOURS BEFORE LEAVING THE SHIP, ACCORDING TO THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD.
MR. JIANG WILL BE REPLACED BY YING YONG, THE MAYOR OF SHANGHAI. THE SELECTION OF MR. YING MAY UNDERLINE THE CONTINUED POLITICAL CONTROL OF XI JINPING, CHINA』S TOP LEADER. BEFORE BEING TRANSFERRED TO SHANGHAI IN A FAIRLY SENIOR ROLE IN 2008, MR. YING HAD COME UP THROUGH THE POLITICAL RANKS IN ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, WHICH IS MR. XI』S POLITICAL BASE AS WELL.
THE BUSINESSMAN, STEVE WALSH, FROM HOVE, IN SOUTHERN ENGLAND, CONTRACTED THE VIRUS WHILE AT A CONFERENCE IN SINGAPORE LAST MONTH, ACCORDING TO HIS REPRESENTATIVES, BEFORE TRAVELING ON TO A CHALET IN THE FRENCH ALPINE RESORT OF LES CONTAMINES-MONTJOIE. FIVE MORE OF BRITAIN』S EIGHT KNOWN CORONAVIRUS CASES ARE LINKED TO MR. WALSH OR THE CHALET, AS ARE THOSE OF FIVE BRITISH PEOPLE IN FRANCE.
AFTER THE SHIPPED DOCKED IN SIHANOUKVILLE, CAMBODIA, ON FEB. 13, TWENTY LAB TESTS FOR THE VIRUS THAT HAD BEEN CONDUCTED ON BOARD CAME BACK NEGATIVE AND PASSENGERS WERE CLEARED TO BEGIN DISEMBARKING AFTER THEY WERE SCREENED FOR SYMPTOMS OF THE VIRUS. THEY WERE GREETED WITH HANDSHAKES BY CAMBODIAN PRIME MINISTER HUN SEN, WHO INVITED THEM TO TOUR CAMBODIA. SOME LEFT FOR A HOTEL IN THE CAPITAL, PHNOM PENH, WHILE OTHERS REMAINED ON THE SHIP. HUNDREDS MORE BOARDED FLIGHTS FOR DESTINATIONS AROUND THE WORLD—EITHER RETURNING HOME OR MOVING ON TO OTHER VACATION DESTINATIONS.
“FOR THESE OTHER COUNTRIES WITH LOCAL TRANSMISSION, WE ARE STUDYING THEM,” SHE SAID, REFERRING TO SINGAPORE AND OTHER COUNTRIES THAT HAVE INCREASING NUMBERS OF INFECTED PATIENTS. “THERE IS A MATRIX THAT IS USED TO DETERMINE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SCIENTIFICALLY…THE BURDEN OF INFECTION OF THOSE COUNTRIES AND OTHER RELEVANT CRITERION.”
KEEP ABREAST OF SIGNIFICANT CORPORATE, FINANCIAL AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS AROUND THE WORLD. STAY INFORMED AND SPOT EMERGING RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES WITH INDEPENDENT GLOBAL REPORTING, EXPERT COMMENTARY AND ANALYSIS YOU CAN TRUST.
“THOSE WORKERS ARE THE BREADWINNERS FOR THEIR FAMILY. HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR SIBLINGS THAT ARE IN SCHOOL, HOW CAN WE CONTINUE SUPPORTING OUR SICK PARENTS OR SICK HUSBANDS? NOT ONLY THAT, HOW ARE WE GOING TO BUY FOOD FOR OUR FAMILY? MAYBE WE’RE FREE FROM THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK IN HONG KONG, BUT WE’RE GOING TO DIE OF HUNGER,” SAID SHIELA TEBIA, THE VICE CHAIR OF UNITED FILIPINOS IN HONG KONG.
「THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 957 PASSENGERS ON BOARD OF ABOUT 15 NATIONALITIES, INCLUDING BRUNEI, CANADA, CZECH REPUBLIC, GREAT BRITAIN, INDIA, INDONESIA, JAPAN, MALAYSIA, MYANMAR, PAKISTAN, PHILIPPINES, SINGAPORE, THAILAND, USA AND VIETNAM,」 HE SAID.
MALAYSIA'S CENTRAL BANK SAID WEDNESDAY THAT FIRST-QUARTER GROWTH WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE OUTBREAK THAT SPURRED SHUTDOWNS IN CHINA IN EFFORTS TO CONTAIN THE VIRUS' SPREAD. "THE OVERALL IMPACT OF THE VIRUS ON THE MALAYSIAN ECONOMY WILL, HOWEVER, DEPEND ON THE DURATION AND SPREAD OF THE OUTBREAK AS WELL AS POLICY RESPONSES BY THE AUTHORITIES," BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA SAID IN A STATEMENT. FOR ITS PART, MALAYSIA HAS AGREED TO SET UP A JOINT WORKING GROUP WITH NEIGHBOR SINGAPORE TO COORDINATE RESPONSES TO THE VIRUS OUTBREAK. (SEE 7:42 A.M. UPDATE)
THE HEALTH MINISTRY ANNOUNCED SATURDAY NIGHT THAT FRANCE’S LATEST CASE IS A BRITISH PERSON WHO, LIKE FIVE OTHER INFECTED BRITONS, HAD STAYED IN AN ALPINE CHALET WITH A BUSINESSMAN FROM ENGLAND WHO HAD ATTENDED A CONFERENCE IN SINGAPORE. THE MINISTRY SAID THE NEW PATIENT BEEN TESTED DAILY WHILE IN ISOLATION AT A LYON HOSPITAL BEFORE TESTING POSITIVE SATURDAY.
SINGAPORE』S MINISTER FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAWRENCE WONG SAID ON MONDAY THAT TWO SINGAPOREAN PASSENGERS WHO WERE ON BOARD THE MS WESTERDAM ARE BEING QUARANTINED IN A GOVERNMENT QUARANTINE FACILITY.

 

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