Good evening! Catch up on some of the main headlines on Tuesday, Dec 22.
Some travellers from UK, New South Wales not allowed to enter Singapore from Dec 24
Long-term pass holders and short-term visitors with recent UK travel history will not be allowed entry or transit through Singapore.
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5 F&B outlets ordered to close; 16 other outlets and 36 individuals fined for safe management breaches
Stepped-up surveillance will extend over the next few weeks, coinciding with the end-of-year festive period.
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Identify, investigate, negotiate: How Singapore took steps to ensure access to Covid-19 vaccines
Singapore signed its first advanced purchase agreement in June with Moderna to buy its vaccine.
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Singapore ensuring multiple safety checks in place before Covid-19 vaccine roll-out: Experts
First, the data must point to safety in animal studies, before the vaccine is allowed to be tested on humans.
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29 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore, all imported
Among them 23 are work pass holders who are currently employed in S’pore, including 21 foreign domestic workers.
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Indonesia’s President Joko replaces six ministers in Cabinet reshuffle
The reshuffle is aimed at helping Indonesia recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
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Duterte calls shooting of woman and son by off-duty cop in Philippines ‘too brutal’
The brutal murders provoked a wave of outrage directed at the government.
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Some 95,000 employers received over $1b in wage payouts; next payout in March
Employers do not need to apply for the payouts.
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Taiwan reports first locally transmitted coronavirus case since April
The announcement ends what was the world’s longest stretch without a domestic infection.
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Newly-wed man lied to court to save money on divorce proceedings
Daryl Lim Chun Leng also wanted to avoid being labelled a divorcee, and got his then wife to agree to his plan.
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