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COVID-19 has devastated the whole world with almost 4.9 million infected cases and 320,000 deaths since it started at Wuhan China in December 2019. Singapore is not spared. We have the highest infection rate in South East Asia with about 28,800 cases and 22 deaths, a relatively low death rate of mainly elderly people. In... 

Taiwan, hailed as the role model in COVID-19 pandemic management, has a secret weapon at the forefront of its response. Vice-President Chen Chien-jen is a John Hopkins-trained epidemiologist and an expert in viruses. Often called “disease detectives”, epidemiologists search for the cause of disease, identify people who are... 

There are videos showing the foreign workers in the community facilities who are not observing social distancing. They congregate and socialize. Some people commented that they are having a good time - no need to work, get three meals a day and get paid in full. But other people said that they depend more on overtime pay, so...