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As a consultant emergency physician at National University Hospital, Dr Ong Pei Yuin has had to tend to potential Covid-19 patients. The 42-year-old strives to calm and reassure them as she tests them for the disease. She understands their emotional turbulence: She herself was a Sars patient. When Covid-19 hit Singapore in January, she felt a dreaded sense of deja vu. "Oh, it was like Sars all over again. I don't want to go through it all over again." In 2003, she contracted the severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars), never felt sicker in her life and was warded for 14 days in hospital. She was 26 then, a first-year medical officer at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, the designated hospital to treat Sars patients. She was also a bride-to-be. It started with a high fever that refused to break. And she almost blacked out one morning after getting out of bed. She remembers the unremitting fever, the chills and the body aches. She also came down with pneumonia. "It was the ... » Learn More about Sars survivor helps tend to potential Covid-19 patients

BEIJING — China’s imports and exports boomed again in March, data showed Tuesday, reaffirming the recovery in the world’s number-two economy continues apace and demand picks up in key overseas markets as they emerge from last year’s virus crisis. The readings highlight the impact of vaccines and the easing of containment measures are having, with expectations for further improvement over the next few months. Imports soared a forecast-busting 38.1 percent on-year as the country’s army of consumers increasingly returned to some form of normality after last year’s crisis forced businesses to shut and people to stay at home. The figure was a huge increase from the 22.2 percent rise seen in January-February and the biggest hike since February 2017. Exports rose 30.6 percent, well off the 38 percent increase tipped in a Bloomberg forecast but still among the highest readings since early 2018. Overseas shipments jumped more than 60 percent in January-February. The outsized increases ... » Learn More about China’s imports pick up further, exports strong in March

SINGAPORE - Siblings Nathan and Phoebe Foong have been waking up for school, where they stand to attention for the National Anthem during assembly, before heading to the canteen. The catch? They are actually at home. Their parents, Elvin and Esther Foong, devised "Naph School", an amalgam of the first two letters of the children's names, after the family were asked to self-isolate under a leave of absence (LOA) request. The family's LOA was issued after their trip to visit Mrs Foong's father in Johor during the recent March school holidays. Nathan, nine, and Phoebe, seven, will return to school on April 2 . According to the Education Ministry, less than 10 per cent of students and staff across all schools are on LOA or stay-home notice (SHN), which aim to prevent the spread of Covid-19. They are both 14-day self-isolation measures, typically following overseas travel. Some families with young children are concerned about supporting their offspring's learning away from ... » Learn More about Staying at home during Covid-19 outbreak: How to plan activities with your kids, and take ‘sanity breaks’

SAN VICENTE DEL CAGUAN, Caqueta, Colombia (Reuters) - The dirt tracks winding through southern Colombia's tangled jungle often mark the beginning of the end for besieged patches of rainforest in this part of the Amazon. Across San Vicente del Caguan, one of the country's most deforested regions, illegal and informal roads fan out in an ever-expanding network, bringing visitors, commercial interests and farmers and ranchers who clear and burn the land. The result is the steady decay of Colombia's Amazon. A Reuters map of the region shows a lattice of lines that crisscross one another and creep southward into the forest and fan out on all sides. (Graphic: https://tmsnrt.rs/329ehRE) The destruction, which is striking on the ground, is significant enough to be visible from the sky. Patches of deforestation appear at the furthest extent of the roads, according to the map, which underlines the impact of unplanned roadbuilding by combining satellite imagery and local ... » Learn More about Road to ruin: informal byways sow seeds of destruction in Colombia’s Amazon

PARIS (Reuters) -The European countries party to the Iran nuclear deal told Tehran on Wednesday its decision to enrich uranium at 60% purity, bringing the fissile material closer to bomb-grade, was contrary to efforts to revive the 2015 accord. But in an apparent signal to Iran's arch-adversary Israel, which Tehran blamed for an explosion at its key nuclear site on Sunday, European powers Germany, France and Britain added that they rejected "all escalatory measures by any actor". Israel, which the Islamic Republic does not recognise, has not formally commented on the incident at Iran's Natanz site, which appeared the latest twist in a long-running covert war. Last week, Iran and its fellow signatories held what they described as "constructive" talks to revive the deal, which the Trump administration quit in 2018 saying its terms favoured Tehran, in a move welcomed by Israel. But Britain, France and Germany said Tehran's new decision to enrich at 60 percent, and activate 1,000 ... » Learn More about European powers warn Iran over ‘dangerous’ uranium enrichment move

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Ukraine's defence minister accused Russia on Wednesday of preparing to potentially store nuclear weapons in Crimea and warned that Moscow could attack Ukraine to ensure water supplies for the annexed peninsula. Andrii Taran, speaking just before an emergency NATO meeting with allied defence and foreign ministers, also said he could not rule out a possibility that Russian forces in Crimea could "undertake substantive military provocations" this year. Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in March 2014, in a move that triggered Western sanctions against Moscow. "Crimea's infrastructure is being prepared for potentially storing nuclear weapons," Taran told the European Parliament's sub-committee on defence. "The very presence of nuclear munitions in the peninsula may spark a whole array of complex political, legal and moral problems." Taran provided no evidence for his assertion but said Russia was massing 110,000 troops on Ukraine's border in 56 battalion-sized ... » Learn More about As NATO meets, Ukraine says Russia could store nuclear weapons in Crimea

China's CanSino Biologics Inc said on Wednesday (Apr 14) that no serious blood clot cases had been reported in people inoculated with its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine. US federal health agencies recommended on Tuesday that use of a similar one-shot vaccine from Johnson & Johnson be paused after six women developed rare blood clots. CanSinoBIO's shares fell as much as 13.7 per cent and 18.4 per cent in Shanghai and Hong Kong respectively. They pared losses to close down 6.3 per cent and 7.7 per cent each after the company issued a statement in which it said: "No blood clot related serious adverse events have been reported in around one million vaccinations of Ad5-nCoV." CanSinoBIO's Ad5-nCoV vaccine is approved in China, Hungary, Chile, Mexico and Pakistan. European regulators this month said they had found a possible link between AstraZeneca Plc's vaccine and a similar rare blood clotting problem. READ: In world first, Denmark ditches AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shot ... » Learn More about CanSinoBIO says no serious blood clots from its COVID-19 vaccine

The 200,000-tonne MV Ever Given was left wedged across the narrow but crucial global trade artery by a sandstorm on March 23, triggering a mammoth six-day-long effort to dislodge it. TOKYO: The Japanese owner of the megaship seized after blocking the Suez Canal said it is negotiating with Egyptian authorities who have demanded US$900 million in compensation before releasing the vessel. The 200,000-tonne MV Ever Given was left stuck diagonally across  the narrow but crucial global trade artery by a sandstorm on March 23, triggering a mammoth six-day-long effort to dislodge it. Maritime data company Lloyd's List said the blockage by the vessel, longer than four football fields, held up an estimated $9.6 billion-worth of cargo between Asia and Europe each day it was stuck. Egypt also lost between $12 and $15 million in revenues for each day the waterway was closed, according to the canal authority. The MV Ever Given was later seized "due to its failure to pay $900 million" ... » Learn More about Suez megaship owner haggles over $900m release demand