Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Thursday, July 15.
KTV Covid-19 cluster grows to 54 cases; 4 more KTV lounges closed
Free Covid-19 testing will be offered to those who visited the 4 KTV lounges or interacted with social hostesses.
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20 foreign women nabbed for suspected involvement in vice activities at 3 KTV lounges
The women are of South Korean, Malaysian, Thai and Vietnamese nationalities.
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KTV cluster will grow, with Covid-19 cases going under the radar: Experts
Contact tracing is much harder in such settings as patrons will be unwilling to come forward, they said.
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43-year-old man nabbed for murder after man found dead with stab wounds in Punggol
The 46-year-old man was found with multiple wounds outside a residential unit along Sumang Walk.
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Malaysian family infected with Covid-19 Delta variant despite staying at home since April
The highly infectious Delta variant has been detected in almost every state in Malaysia.
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Over half of passengers on Dream Cruises ship with Covid-19 patient have disembarked
A number of passengers have been told to stay on board to await quarantine.
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S’poreans can make the first move to help strengthen race relations: ST webinar panellists
Lessons could be drawn from the notion of everyday neighbourliness, they said.
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Pilot programme to facilitate entry of more maids into S’pore
The pilot covers domestic workers from Indonesia and the Philippines for a start.
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Binance among crypto exchange platforms ordered to hand over records to Torque’s liquidators
Around $406 million has allegedly been misappropriated from trading platform Torque.
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How Estonia leads in the world’s digital thrust for 20 years
It was the first state in the world to hold elections over the Internet in 2005.
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