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Singapore Gradually Replacing Manpower With Robotic Technologies, From Construction Sites to Libraries
Singapore, after struggling to find staff during pandemic, has gradually adopted the shift towards deploying robots to help carry out a range of tasks, from surveying construction sites to scanning library bookshelves. Robots are also being used for customer-facing tasks, with more than 30 metro stations set to have robots making coffee for commute...
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Blockchain Tech Helping Singapore Pharma Firm Prevent Administration of Expired COVID-19 Vaccines
Singapore’s Zuellig Pharma is using a new “eZTracker” app to filter out improperly stored or expired vaccines from being distributed for administration. The vaccine management system is based on SAP blockchain that enables end-to-end tracking and reporting of multiple business processes and objects.
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Singapore removes India, Five Other South Asian Nations From Travel Restriction List
Singapore on Saturday announced the removal of India and five other South Asian countries from its travel restriction list as the island-state continues to adjust border measures in response to the global COVID-19 situation.
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Singapore's Ambitious Quarantine-Free Travel Plan Eyes Covid "New Normal"
Singapore is opening its borders to more countries for quarantine-free travel as the city-state seeks to rebuild its status as an international aviation hub, and prepares to reach a "new normal" to live with COVID-19.
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Singapore Among First Countries To Start Vaccinating 12-18 Year-Olds
Singapore is opening up its COVID-19 vaccination programme to adolescents from Tuesday to help contain the latest outbreak that has infected some students, and will step up testing and tracing.
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COVID-19 Relief: Amazon Transports Oxygen Concentrators, BiPAP Machines to Indian Hospitals from Singapore
Amazon has announced that it is airlifting over 8,000 oxygen concentrators and 500 BiPAP machines from Singapore to donate them to hospitals in India in order to boost their capacity to help COVID-19 patients. Companies like Google, Microsoft, and Xiaomi have also offered help.
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Sensex, Nifty Likely To Have A Firm Opening
The domestic stock markets are likely to open in the green, a day after plunging more than 2 per cent, going by early indications from Singapore Nifty futures trading.
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Virus-Hit Singapore Plunges Into Recession As Economy Shrinks 41%
Trade-dependent Singapore is one of the first countries to report growth data for the period when many nations entered lockdowns.
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Exterminate! UV Robot Sent to Singapore Mall to Zap Coronavirus
According to Derrick Yap, whose firm, PBA Group, developed the Sunburst UV Bot, the novel coronavirus pandemic presented an opportunity to test out a robot for a role that was "dangerous, dull and dirty".
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Robot Dog to Noodle Hats: Eight Quirky Ways Cities Are Encouraging Distancing
As many countries around the world relax their coronavirus lockdown measures, densely-packed cities face particular challenges in enforcing physical distancing rules.
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Gaming Firm Razer to Roll Out Mask Vending Machines in Singapore
Razer, known for its gaming gear such as consoles and keyboards, is among a wave of companies that have modified or set up new factory lines to meet a surge in demand for medical products during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Google Travel Data Show Lockdown Fatigue in US, Australia; Other Countries Stay Home
More people stayed home in Brazil, Japan and Singapore in April as those countries' novel coronavirus cases surged, while people in the United States and Australia returned to parks and jobs as infection rates flattened, data from Google show.
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Social Dis-Dance: Clubbing Goes Online as Virus Shuts Nightspots
The outbreak sweeping the globe has shuttered once lively nightspots from London to New York, but innovative DJs have started putting their performances online so clubbers don't miss out.
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'Pragmatic' Asia Fast-Tracks Hi-Tech Coronavirus Solutions
Disinfecting drones. Talking robots. Artificial intelligence that can scan thousands of medical images in a flash. These are just some of the technologies rolled out by Asian countries including Singapore and China to contain the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 6,500 people worldwide.
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Facebook Shuts London, Singapore Offices After Coronavirus Case
Facebook said Friday it was shutting its London office and part of its Singapore base for "deep cleaning" after an employee in the Asian city state was diagnosed with coronavirus.
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Singapore Gradually Replacing Manpower With Robotic Technologies, From Construction Sites to Libraries
Singapore, after struggling to find staff during pandemic, has gradually adopted the shift towards deploying robots to help carry out a range of tasks, from surveying construction sites to scanning library bookshelves. Robots are also being used for customer-facing tasks, with more than 30 metro stations set to have robots making coffee for commute...
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Blockchain Tech Helping Singapore Pharma Firm Prevent Administration of Expired COVID-19 Vaccines
Singapore’s Zuellig Pharma is using a new “eZTracker” app to filter out improperly stored or expired vaccines from being distributed for administration. The vaccine management system is based on SAP blockchain that enables end-to-end tracking and reporting of multiple business processes and objects.
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Singapore removes India, Five Other South Asian Nations From Travel Restriction List
Singapore on Saturday announced the removal of India and five other South Asian countries from its travel restriction list as the island-state continues to adjust border measures in response to the global COVID-19 situation.
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Singapore's Ambitious Quarantine-Free Travel Plan Eyes Covid "New Normal"
Singapore is opening its borders to more countries for quarantine-free travel as the city-state seeks to rebuild its status as an international aviation hub, and prepares to reach a "new normal" to live with COVID-19.
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Singapore Among First Countries To Start Vaccinating 12-18 Year-Olds
Singapore is opening up its COVID-19 vaccination programme to adolescents from Tuesday to help contain the latest outbreak that has infected some students, and will step up testing and tracing.
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COVID-19 Relief: Amazon Transports Oxygen Concentrators, BiPAP Machines to Indian Hospitals from Singapore
Amazon has announced that it is airlifting over 8,000 oxygen concentrators and 500 BiPAP machines from Singapore to donate them to hospitals in India in order to boost their capacity to help COVID-19 patients. Companies like Google, Microsoft, and Xiaomi have also offered help.
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Sensex, Nifty Likely To Have A Firm Opening
The domestic stock markets are likely to open in the green, a day after plunging more than 2 per cent, going by early indications from Singapore Nifty futures trading.
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Virus-Hit Singapore Plunges Into Recession As Economy Shrinks 41%
Trade-dependent Singapore is one of the first countries to report growth data for the period when many nations entered lockdowns.
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Exterminate! UV Robot Sent to Singapore Mall to Zap Coronavirus
According to Derrick Yap, whose firm, PBA Group, developed the Sunburst UV Bot, the novel coronavirus pandemic presented an opportunity to test out a robot for a role that was "dangerous, dull and dirty".
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Robot Dog to Noodle Hats: Eight Quirky Ways Cities Are Encouraging Distancing
As many countries around the world relax their coronavirus lockdown measures, densely-packed cities face particular challenges in enforcing physical distancing rules.
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Gaming Firm Razer to Roll Out Mask Vending Machines in Singapore
Razer, known for its gaming gear such as consoles and keyboards, is among a wave of companies that have modified or set up new factory lines to meet a surge in demand for medical products during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Google Travel Data Show Lockdown Fatigue in US, Australia; Other Countries Stay Home
More people stayed home in Brazil, Japan and Singapore in April as those countries' novel coronavirus cases surged, while people in the United States and Australia returned to parks and jobs as infection rates flattened, data from Google show.
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Social Dis-Dance: Clubbing Goes Online as Virus Shuts Nightspots
The outbreak sweeping the globe has shuttered once lively nightspots from London to New York, but innovative DJs have started putting their performances online so clubbers don't miss out.
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'Pragmatic' Asia Fast-Tracks Hi-Tech Coronavirus Solutions
Disinfecting drones. Talking robots. Artificial intelligence that can scan thousands of medical images in a flash. These are just some of the technologies rolled out by Asian countries including Singapore and China to contain the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 6,500 people worldwide.
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Facebook Shuts London, Singapore Offices After Coronavirus Case
Facebook said Friday it was shutting its London office and part of its Singapore base for "deep cleaning" after an employee in the Asian city state was diagnosed with coronavirus.
