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STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 04, 2021 • 2 min read

Covid-19 Singapore’s virus-hit economy suffers worst decline in 2020

By Agence France-Presse • Jan 04, 2021
Data released on January 4 showed that Singapore's economy suffered its worst ever annual contraction throughout 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic hammered the city-state's vital trade and tourism sectors

STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 30, 2020 • 2 min read

Covid-19 Singapore begins coronavirus vaccination campaign

By Agence France-Presse • Dec 30, 2020
Singapore began its Covid-19 vaccination campaign on December 30, making it among the first nations in Asia to roll out the inoculations after approving the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine earlier in the month

STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 29, 2020 • 6 min read

Analysis Preventing a pandemic of black-market vaccines in Southeast Asia

By Zandre Van Straten • Dec 29, 2020
With the Covid-19 vaccine on the brink of being rolled out across the globe, in Southeast Asia, there are several things needed to expedite immunisations and quickly curb the pandemic, as well as reduce the risk of illegal and counterfeit supplies emerging

STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 15, 2020 • 11 min read
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Covid-19 Cambodian education in the time of Covid: Ripping up the textbook

By Alexi Demetriadi • Dec 15, 2020
Covid-19 has forced all areas of Cambodian society to adapt, nowhere more so than in the education sphere. In Cambodia, schools, teachers and students have had to be more flexible than ever before as the pandemic rips up the textbook

Dec 10, 2020 • 3 min read
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Burying the dead: Myanmar’s Muslim Covid volunteers

Unable to rent apartments, a team of volunteers in virus-ravaged Yangon live in a cemetery isolated from their families. They provide a crucial funeral rite to the city's Muslim community, as they lay coronavirus victims to rest each day
By Lapyae Ko/AFP • Dec 10, 2020

Dec 09, 2020 • 3 min read
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Indonesia holds nationwide poll despite virus warnings

Indonesia held nationwide elections with more than 100 million voters expected to have cast a ballot, despite warnings it could spark a Covid-19 disaster
By Agnes Anya/AFP • Dec 09, 2020

Dec 09, 2020 • 2 min read
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Singapore ‘cruise to nowhere’ cut short after virus case

Singaporean officials said that a "cruise to nowhere" off the city-state was cut short after a passenger tested positive for Covid-19, in the latest blow to efforts to revive the hard-hit tourism industry
By Agence France-Presse • Dec 09, 2020

Dec 08, 2020 • 3 min read
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Disabled delivery rider on ‘frontline’ of Malaysian virus war

Employers repeatedly rejected Muhammad Sidek Osman for full-time roles due to his disability, leaving him with little other option than to become a self-employed rider with delivery app Grab. But when on his bike, Sidek becomes a different man
By Patrick Lee/AFP • Dec 08, 2020

Dec 08, 2020 • 9 min read
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[Photos] Covid-19 in Southeast Asia: A year in pictures

Exactly one year on from the first confirmed case of Covid-19 in Wuhan, it goes without saying that 2020 has been a year unlike any other. In a series of photos, the Globe revisits some of the key moments from this year in Southeast Asia, as the virus turned lives and livelihoods upside down
By Alexi Demetriadi • Dec 08, 2020

Dec 02, 2020 • 2 min read
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Hong Kong, Singapore ‘travel bubble’ delayed indefinitely

A spike in Covid-19 cases has brought tighter restrictions in Hong Kong, with a planned travel bubble between the city and Singapore postponed indefinitely in a new blow to their hard-hit tourism and aviation industries
By Agence France-Presse • Dec 02, 2020

Nov 20, 2020 • 5 min read
Analysis

Fires and Covid-19: A disaster duo in Indonesia

Each year, Indonesians suffer through toxic haze during the country's annual fire season. This year, with the archipelago nation recording some of the highest cases of Covid-19 in the region, the added complication of the pandemic means the health of millions is at stake
By Rebekah Baynard-Smith • Nov 20, 2020