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2021-02-07 05:28:56 A Covid-19 CNY: How are restaurants, businesses and people in Singapore coping?

Restaurants hire cabbies to fulfil takeaway orders. https://str.sg/JreQ

Fewer snacks, but homes spruced up for festivities. https://str.sg/JreA

Supermarkets stock up and take steps to ease festive rush. https://str.sg/Jred

Wet markets implement crowd control measures ahead of CNY. https://str.sg/JreP

Abalone prices down in Singapore, but vegetable and fish prices soar. https://str.sg/JreW

No light-up in Chinatown, but shoppers soak in the festive atmosphere. https://str.sg/Jrem

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2021-02-06 18:36:30 JUST IN: The first case of likely Covid-19 reinfection has been detected in Singapore, said MOH. https://str.sg/JrW9

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2021-02-06 16:00:11 Running out of ideas for dates and outings? Here are some to consider:

More in Singapore are visiting museums as they are unable to travel overseas. Some popular exhibitions: https://str.sg/JrWB

A new Chinese-language bookstore opens on Monday at Wheelock Place, near where the iconic Borders flagship used to be: https://str.sg/JrWX

(For subscribers) The famous Chin Mee Chin Confectionery in Katong will reopen by the end of next month. What it’s known for: https://str.sg/JrW8 Open / Comment

2021-02-06 15:01:04 A staff member at the Singapore National Eye Centre was mistakenly given the equivalent of 5 doses of Covid-19 vaccine last month.

There was no adverse reaction and the worker remains well, said the centre. https://str.sg/JrW6

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2021-02-06 13:54:04 Some Singaporeans think that clearing their own tables after eating at public places can deprive cleaners of their jobs. But this is not true, said Dr Amy Khor. https://str.sg/JrWs

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2021-02-06 13:05:01 The police have denied using excessive force on an 18-year-old after videos showing officers pinning him down at Clarke Quay were posted on Facebook. https://str.sg/JrWA

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2021-02-06 10:43:23 JUST IN: Singapore confirms 26 new Covid-19 cases, which are all imported. There are no new locally transmitted cases. https://str.sg/JrW4

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2021-02-06 07:54:04 When will life return to normal? According to current Covid-19 vaccination rates, that will take 7 years. https://str.sg/JrPE

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2021-02-06 07:10:09 Close to 140 firms in Singapore were told to cease operations after serious breaches of Covid-19 workplace safe management measures introduced in March last year.

Another 280 firms were fined for failing to adhere to these measures. https://str.sg/JrPD

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2021-02-06 06:00:34 Like their peers, Parveen, Gia and Kelly breathe social media like they breathe air. Yet it comes with its toxins: being sent obscene pictures, harassed for sex, and for one of them, assaulted.

CloseUp investigates what lurks behind the smartphone screens of many Singapore children and adolescents. https://str.sg/JrgJ

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