Singapore

DBS partners Chubb to provide COVID-19 insurance to all customers

Under the COVID-19 Hospital Cash policy, those who are diagnosed with COVID-19 will receive SGD100 per day of hospitalisation and a lump sum...

WHO praises Singapore’s response to COVID-19

"Singapore is leaving no stone unturned, testing every case of influenza-like illness and pneumonia," said WHO director-general Dr Tedros at...

Singapore ranked 2nd safest country to travel, Switzerland takes top spot

Singapore is ranked the safest country in Asia.

One-year-old boy recovered and discharged, 4 more COVID-19 cases confirmed

A one-year-old boy (case 76) who was confirmed earlier this week was among the five more cases of COVID-19 infection, has fully recovered...

Five more discharged, two new cases of COVID-19 in Singapore as of February 17

As of 12 pm on February 17, 937 of the suspect cases have tested negative for COVID-19, and 77 have tested positive. Test results for the...

Singapore revises GDP forecast amid global uncertainties and COVID-19 outbreak

The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) has downgraded Singapore's GDP growth forecast to “-0.5 to 1.5 per cent”.

Multi-talented Srividya and Vaishnavi's dance compositions to take centrestage at Raga 2020

Srividya Sriram, accomplished Carnatic violinist and vocalist and Vaishnavi Anand talented Bharatanatyam dancer and vocalist, speak about...

3 more COVID-19 cases in Singapore, 2 of which are linked to church cluster

Meanwhile, one more case of COVID-19 infection (Case 29) was discharged from hospital on Sunday, February 16.

9 new cases of COVID-19 in Singapore, with two more discharged after recovery on February 14

As of 12 pm on February 14, 764 of the suspect cases have tested negative for COVID-19, 67 have tested positive while results for the...

PM Lee writes Valentine’s Day note to healthcare workers caring for coronavirus patients

PM Lee said that this is “a very special group of people, doing their duty and more to keep us all safe and well, and to keep Singapore...

Recession a possibility as Singapore's economy hit by Coronavirus: PM Lee

PM Lee Hsien Loong said today that a recession could be a possibility as the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on Singapore's economy has...

Singapore welcomed 19.1 million visitors in 2019, an increase of 3.3% from year before

Despite global headwinds, Singapore in 2019 saw growths in both visitor arrivals and tourism receipts for a fourth consecutive year.

Singapore's tourism sector facing biggest challenge since SARS: STB

With tourism arrivals and receipts for 2020 poised to take a significant hit as a result of the COVID-2019, Singapore's tourism sector is...

Ministry of Defence suspends IPPT due to COVID-19

The Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) has announced that the individual physical proficiency test (IPPT) for operationally ready national...

DBS reports record SGD 6.39 billion profits for 2019

DBS fourth-quarter earnings increased 14 per cent to SGD 1.51 billion.

Too early to tell how COVID-19 situation will unfold in Singapore: Minister Lawrence Wong

"For now, what we do know is that the virus is circulating within our population," said Minister Lawrence Wong, Co-chair of the...

15 COVID-19 patients discharged, with 8 new confirmed cases in Singapore on February 13

MOH has also stated that as of 12 pm on February 13, 711 of the suspect cases have tested negative for COVID-19, while test results for 82...

Meet Nivaan Khandhadia, young chess prodigy

Nivaan Khandhadia was four years old when introduced to the game of chess by his father. Two days later he beat his father, his first...

DBS evacuates employees from MBFC after confirmation of coronavirus case

DBS said that they are conducting detailed contact tracing with all employees and other parties that the infected employee may have come...

WHO names Wuhan virus COVID-19

The novel coronavirus originating from Wuhan now has a name.

Two more cases of COVD-2019 confirmed in Singapore, including a worker at RWS

Separately, two more confirmed cases were discharged from hospital today, making it a total of nine who have fully recovered.

Tourist arrivals could fall by up to 30% due to coronavirus: Singapore Tourism Board

Chinese tourists account for around 20 per cent of Singapore’s total international visitor arrivals, with about 3.6 million visitors to...

2 new cases of coronavirus infection, 1 more discharged in Singapore

As of 12 pm on 10 February, the Ministry of Health confirmed two new cases of the 2019 novel coronavirus infection in Singapore.

Here are 10 things you never knew Google Maps can do

Google Maps was made available in Singapore in 2009, and in that same year, it became the first country in the world to have both public...

6 fully recovered in Singapore, 4 more confirmed cases of coronavirus infection

Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed three more cases of 2019-nCoV infection in Singapore on February 9, bringing the total number...

Singapore raises coronavirus alert to DORSCON Orange

The Ministry of Health, Singapore has raised the risk for the 2019-nCoV coronavirus to DORSCON Orange, which signifies widespread...