Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) Updates
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milk powder, cooking oil or olive oil fly off the shelf, in US supermarket
https://www.news18.com/news/world/people-have-gone-crazy-americans-wake-up-to-coronavirus-panic-as-milk-bleach-fly-off-shelves-2537157.html -
Estéema\" post_id=\"1967518\" time=\"1584497197\" user_id=\"66413:
Congratulations to you & your DD! :congrats:
Mid April for the scholarship and June onwards for uni offer. Scholarship is specific to uni. Will try seek extension. Or keep fingers cross that lessons are conducted online.Coolkidsrock2\" post_id=\"1967514\" time=\"1584496423\" user_id=\"48901:
[quote=MrsKiasu post_id=1967510 time=1584495317 user_id=43981]
this one headache not small..when is the deadline for acceptance?
If post travel 14 days stay-home requirement is still in order then, may not accompany her over.
It’s tough having to meet deadline during times like these. Possibly they’ll allow for postponement? Hope this COVID situation clears quickly as China & SKorea able to contain. My frd’s daughter in UK was scared to stay on for her studies looking at how the govt there don’t contain or hv restrictions so she bought air-tickets even if she’s going fall behind in semester. Her life more impt. It’s tough for everyone now to keep life as usual. We need to hv brave mental adjustments.[/quote]Thank you very much for the well-wishes as well as advice (other forummers as well) on the other postings on overseas education.
We will just have to take it a step at a time.
Am concerned for UK as a destination too.
With so many countries in lockdown, hopefully, a clearer picture will emerge in a couple of weeks time. -
Estéema\" post_id=\"1967518\" time=\"1584497197\" user_id=\"66413:
Don't think she needs to worry about falling behind. I think all universities will be moving classes online, and even exams. If she has Singaporean friends from the same course, they can meet up occasionally in Singapore, and keep in touch with others online.
My frd’s daughter in UK was scared to stay on for her studies looking at how the govt there don’t contain or hv restrictions so she bought air-tickets even if she’s going fall behind in semester. Her life more impt. It’s tough for everyone now to keep life as usual. We need to hv brave mental adjustments.
My daughter's university is making strong suggestions that students leave if they can, and other friends with kids in the UK report the same. My daughter is arriving home tomorrow, with no idea if the summer term will be online or back to normal. She is bracing herself for the likelihood of online exams, taken from Singapore. We aren't too worried about the virus itself, but the NHS will probably not be able to cope if there are a lot of cases, and it's horrible to be sick and away from home. It's sad - all her Easter and summer plans have been cancelled. We just pray that next year, her final year, will be more \"normal\". Luckily she is a sensible girl, and will make the best of things without getting too worked up. -
Anyone heard of this huh https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/ntuc-covid-19-cash-relief-package-12550908?
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Social Distancing Sticker in a Thailand lift
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Healthcare workers and staff working in SGH Campus waiting for medical consultation at an internal staff clinic located at the Bowyer Block. Personnel who are unwell are asked to wear a mask and seated a distance apart in the clinic's waiting area to minimise the risk of transmission of infection. (ST Photo: Neo Xiaobin)
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slmkhoo\" post_id=\"1967528\" time=\"1584505785\" user_id=\"28674:
Glad yr girl has no issue coming back midst semester. Hope she feels better once touched down in SG. As a mother, we always feel better to hv sight of our kids in safer & familiar grounds. Enjoy yr time together!
Don't think she needs to worry about falling behind. I think all universities will be moving classes online, and even exams. If she has Singaporean friends from the same course, they can meet up occasionally in Singapore, and keep in touch with others online.
My daughter's university is making strong suggestions that students leave if they can, and other friends with kids in the UK report the same. My daughter is arriving home tomorrow, with no idea if the summer term will be online or back to normal. She is bracing herself for the likelihood of online exams, taken from Singapore. We aren't too worried about the virus itself, but the NHS will probably not be able to cope if there are a lot of cases, and it's horrible to be sick and away from home. It's sad - all her Easter and summer plans have been cancelled. We just pray that next year, her final year, will be more \"normal\". Luckily she is a sensible girl, and will make the best of things without getting too worked up. -
Estéema\" post_id=\"1967540\" time=\"1584508530\" user_id=\"66413:
My daughter's Easter break has already started. It's earlier than some universities, I think. But most should be getting to the final week, so they shouldn't miss much.
Glad yr girl has no issue coming back midst semester. Hope she feels better once touched down in SG. As a mother, we always feel better to hv sight of our kids in safer & familiar grounds. Enjoy yr time together! -
Sharing on How Taiwan prepare & remains its low covid number , self -reliant etc
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/03/16/taiwan-china-fear-coronavirus-success/
Extracted some :
Ironically, a little credit should also go to China for banning its own people from visiting Taiwan as individual tourists in 2019,
in addition to limiting Chinese tour groups to Taiwan from 2016. This meant Taiwan has had many fewer Chinese visitors and has become much less dependent on Chinese tourism revenue. Worries over reduced tourism revenue, as well as concerns over offending China, may be why South Korea and Japan had been reluctant to enforce a ban on all Chinese visitors until recently.
In fact, what helped fuel Taiwan’s staunch vigilance and self-reliance during the coronavirus outbreak is the constant bullying from China. Given that Taiwan has faced everything from its giant neighbor—the spreading of fake news, military threats, the withholding of vital medical information during the SARS outbreak in 2003—the country knows it must be on its fullest guard whenever any major problem emerges in China.
Taiwan shows that countries need to be proactive and take multiple measures they deem necessary. It is already too late for some to contain the coronavirus, but they can still focus on public education, making use of technology, and maintaining control of vital supplies such as masks and other medical equipment.
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