Day: مئی 12, 2020

Singapore plans coronavirus tests for all migrant workers as some businesses reopen Singapore plans to test all 323,000 migrant workers living in cramped dormitories that have become a hotbed for coronavirus in the city-state, the government said on Tuesday. The island’s tally of 24,671 infections is one of Asia’s highest, with the vast majority of migrant workers squeezed into dormitories which are often unsanitary. “The taskforce has drawn up a plan to allow migrant workers residing in the dormitories… to be progressively cleared so they can be safely returned to work when the time comes,” Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said. Infections in the dormitories had “stabilized,” Gan added, with the daily average having fallen to around 700 in the past week, down from more than 1,000...

Yemen govt forces ‘to confront armed rebellion’ in south after separatists declared self-rule Yemen’s forces will confront an “armed rebellion” by separatists in the south, the government said on Tuesday. It added that the group had refused to de-escalate the situation after declaring self-rule last month. The Southern Transitional Council (STC) declared self-rule in Aden and nearby areas on April 25, threatening to renew a conflict with the Saudi-backed government, its nominal ally in a coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis. Foreign Minister Mohammed al-Hadhrami said the STC had refused calls from the government and the international community to reverse its declaration. The army will do “everything necessary to preserve the state, its institutions, and the safety of its citizen...

2nd virus wave in Denmark is ‘unlikely’, expert says as govt plans increased testing Denmark is “very unlikely” to be hit by a second wave of coronavirus, the country’s chief epidemiologist said on Tuesday. Kare Molbak made the statement after the government laid out plans for increased testing and a contact tracing system. The Nordic country, which has 533 coronavirus-related deaths, was the first in Europe to relax its coronavirus lockdown almost a month ago. The infection rate and the number of deaths have continued to drop. Denmark this week began a second phase of relaxing its lockdown which will include reopening of restaurants and shopping malls. “No country has seen an actual second wave yet. Some countries have seen the spread go up and down,” Molbak told reporters. “...