0:00 - THE BIG STORY
0:35 - HOW DANGEROUS IS DELTA PLUS
Singapore confirmed its first case of the Covid-19 Delta Plus variant on Thursday (Oct 28), in an imported case detected on Tuesday. Read more: [ Ссылка ]
Dr Leong Hoe Nam, an infectious diseases physician from the Rophi Clinic, explains why this subvariant is expected to be similar - in transmissibility and severity of illness - to the Delta variant that is ravaging the world.
Dr Leong also outlines the conditions for a variant to be classified by the World Health Organisation as a variant of concern.
5:38 - SPEEDING UP IMMIGRATION CLEARANCE
Meanwhile, Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam said on Friday (Oct 29) that more parts of Changi Airport could be opened to speed up immigration clearance, following complaints of longer waiting times at these areas. It comes as more passengers arrive in Singapore under the expanded Vaccinated Travel Lane scheme. Read more: [ Ссылка ]
8:02 - EMPLOYERS IN RECOVERING SECTORS SHOULD RESTORE WORKERS' WAGE CUTS
In its latest guidelines announced on Friday, the National Wages Council (NWC) said employers that have recovered or are recovering from the fallout of Covid-19 should prioritise restoring workers' wage cuts and rolling back wage-related cost-saving measures like temporary layoffs. Read more: [ Ссылка ]
Businesses still struggling should consider non-wage cost-saving measures as far as possible and try to pay workers their annual wage supplement.
NWC added that lower-wage workers earning up to $2,000 gross monthly should get a pay hike of $70 to $90, or a 4.5 per cent to 7.5 per cent raise if it is higher, to ensure their pay grows faster than those at the median wage level.
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