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Effective Saturday (7 Mar), foreigners on short-term visit pass (STVP) who seek treatment in Singapore for Covid-19 will be required to pay for their treatment, said the health ministry. The announcement, which was made on Monday (9 Mar) on the health ministry's website said that this is for the better "prioritisation of resources... 

An Italian cruise ship, Costa Fortuna which was turned away from Thailand and Malaysia over Covid-19 fears will dock in Singapore, announced the island city's port authorities. The Costa Fortuna departed from Marina Bay Cruise Centre on March 3 on a 7 days round-trip but was barred from docking in various ports. It was barred... 

At least 13 doctors and nurses have died from Covid-19 and more than 3,000 have been infected in China since December 2019, when the epidemic began in the central city of Wuhan in Hubei province, according to the latest figures released by the authorities. The latest casualty was an ophthalmologist, Dr Mei Zhongming who was...