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Death toll from Wuhan’s Coronavirus surpasses SARS pandemic in 2002-2003

Death toll from mainland China caused by the Wuhan Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has surpassed the number of fatalities in the 2002-2003 SARS pandemic , as authorities enforce ever-stricter desperate measures to curb the further spread with millions of Chinese gradually returning to work after the extended Lunar New Year holiday. As...

Minister Chan urges calm as essentials fly off supermarket shelves

Photo: TOC With essential supplies reportedly flying off the shelves of supermarkets around the island, Minister of Trade and Industry, Chan Chun Sing has urged members of the public to remain calm and not hoard items unnecessarily. Following the announcement on the raising of Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (DORSCON)...

DORSCON level raised to Orange as community spread Coronavirus infection increases

Singapore has on Friday (7 Feb), raised the DORSCON level from Yellow to Orange, after 4 more Coronavirus infections were determined to be of unknown origins, signaling that there is now community spread of the disease. Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (DORSCON) is a framework used to guide the way the country deals...