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SINGAPORE - From June 2, pre-schools will start to resume general services for children in stages, Minister for Social and Family Development Desmond Lee said on Tuesday (May 19). Kindergarten 1 and Kindergarten 2 children - five- and six-year-olds - will be the first to return from June 2, while Nursery 1 and Nursery 2 children may go back a week later, from June 8. From June 10, the youngest group of children in infant care and playgroups may return. In tandem with circuit breaker measures, pre-schools have been closed  since April 8 to most children except for a small group who need care support. When they reopen, centres will have to adhere to safe management measures such as compulsory mask or shield wearing for all staff and children aged two years and older, having smaller groups of children during activities, as well as staggering drop-off and pick-up timings of children. Speaking at a press conference by the multi-ministry task force tackling Covid-19 in Singapore, ... » Learn More about Pre-schools in Singapore to open from June 2 in stages, with K1 and K2 kids returning first

SINGAPORE - Ms Jayme Tan received the "best Mother's Day present" last Wednesday (May 6): her husband back home. Mr Xie Jiahao was finally reunited with his wife and children after 51 days away battling Covid-19 - all because of a good deed. On March 16, the 37-year-old decided to comfort his bereaved friend, who had just lost his wife, by staying over at his home for a week. His friend, who had just returned from Britain, tested positive for Covid-19 on March 22. Mr Xie, an assistant vice-president of digital marketing, was immediately quarantined and tested positive on March 30. He was moved to D'Resort NTUC in Pasir Ris on April 5 as his mild symptoms had subsided. It took another month before he finally scored two consecutive negative swab tests and was discharged - fortuitously, on his mother's birthday and two days after his own. After coping on her own with two pre-schoolers, Ms Tan, who is 14 weeks pregnant with her third child, says: "I'm overwhelmed by happiness. ... » Learn More about Managing the home while hubby battles Covid-19: 3 mums and the challenges they face

Lara Quigaman with her son Noah. Image: YouTube/The Alcaraz Family Lara Quigaman admitted that she did not immediately feel anxious when her husband, actor Marco Alcaraz, tested positive for COVID-19, but recent exposure to the virus got her worried. Alcaraz has finally come home to his family after recovering from COVID-19 and finishing his two weeks of quarantine. Quigaman showed their children’s excitement to reunite with their father through their family’s YouTube vlog last Friday, April 8. The kids leaped as they welcomed their father with hugs and a homemade banner that said, “Welcome home dad.” The former Miss International said that when her husband called to tell her that he tested positive for the virus, anxiety did not come to her mind at first. “No’ng hindi pa masyadong nag-sink in naisip ko lang ‘Okay, anong kailangan mo diyan?'” the beauty queen-actress said. (When it did not sink in yet, I was only thinking, “Okay what do you need [while in quarantine]?”) But ... » Learn More about Lara Quigaman opens up about worries after Marco Alcaraz got COVID-19

Sandra Bullock at the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 5, 2020, in Beverly Hills, California (Image: AFP/Frederic J. Brown) Sandra Bullock and her non-showbiz partner, Bryan Randall, donated 6,000 KN95 masks to COVID-19 frontliners in Los Angeles, USA. The couple handed out the supplies to the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles last Thursday, April 9, as per People on the same day. Randall stated that it was Bullock’s kids, Louis, 10, and Laila, 8, who came up with the idea. Meanwhile, the photographer also uploaded a photo of a hospital staff member with the masks on his Instagram page. The family gave a total of three large boxes of supplies, as per report. Randall also jokingly called Bullock a “freak” as she posed behind the employee. Bullock has been in a relationship with the photographer since 2015, but remains private about their life together. Along with Bullock, other Hollywood stars such as Ryan Reynolds and Matthew McConaughey have also donated money and ... » Learn More about Sandra Bullock, non-showbiz BF give 6,000 face masks to health workers