Good evening! Catch up on some of the main headlines on Tuesday, Sept 7.
S'pore cannot rely solely on vaccines to fight Covid-19 Delta variant, says NCID director
The Delta variant is more contagious than the original wild-type and its spread could increase significantly if safe distancing measures were removed.
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Firms with at least 10 staff have to notify MOM of any retrenchment
Currently, these employers only need to notify MOM when they retrench five or more employees within a six-month period.
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328 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases in Singapore, including 185 unlinked
The 185 unlinked cases is the highest number recorded in Singapore so far.
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Touching vegetables at market could have led to Covid-19 spread: Experts
Those who were infected at Bukit Merah View market typically did not wear their masks properly, were unvaccinated and tended to touch produce with bare hands.
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If S'pore treats Covid-19 as endemic, can we view it like the common flu?
"It takes time to understand how this virus finally settles down in the human environment," says NCID executive director Leo Yee Sin.
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Hillview Heights condo management flagged by security association for discriminatory hiring practices
There is alleged discrimination against non-Mandarin speakers and older workers in its tender for security services.
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Malaysia's King consents to not having a confidence vote for Ismail in Parliament: De facto law minister
The country's Parliament is set to sit next week for the first time since Prime Minister Ismail was appointed.
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TOC repeatedly fails to declare all its funding sources: IMDA
TOC has informed IMDA that it does not intend to comply with its obligations under the law.
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Trial of accused 9/11 mastermind restarts, days before 20th anniversary
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others face the death penalty on charges of murder and terrorism in the war crimes tribunal.
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Three-year-old survives three-day Australia outback ordeal
The boy was found scooping muddy water from a creek in dense outback terrain.
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