Covid-19 caused by a ‘smart’ virus that can find blind spots, crucial for system to be flexible to overcome challenges: Experts

SINGAPORE – Covid-19’s unique ability to both infect humans and cause disease means it is vital that the healthcare system be flexible enough to take on new challenges the “smart” virus poses, a panel of experts said on Wednesday (April 22).

(IJCH) COVD-19 Lockdown (Home Quarantine)? No problem for me, I picked up a new hobby: “Heliciculture” – Snail Farming for Escargot!

Since Friday, 3 May 2020, my family has been on Lockdown (Mandatory Home Quarantine).

At first, nobody in my Barangay (a small section of any town in the Philippines) was not allowed off their properties.

The Inside Story of how Michael Jordan became the World’s Richest Athlete

Michael Jordan was ratings gold for TV networks during his days dominating on the hardwood. He appeared in the four highest-rated NBA Finals of all time, with viewership peaking at 29 million per game in 1998. When he left the Chicago Bulls for good in his second retirement, Finals viewership plunged 45%. In the two decades that followed, the NBA hasn’t even come close, with the highest-rated Finals—the Golden State Warriors versus the Cleveland Cavaliers—pulling 20 million viewers in both 2016 and 2017.

EOS-based App Shuts Down, Taking $52M in Users’ Funds With It

OS Ecosystem, a Chinese EOS wallet, has abruptly shut down, apparently absconding with $52 million worth of users’ funds. Chinese media outlet ChainNews on April 20 reported that users were unable to access their accounts, and that most of the funds had been withdrawn.

US oil prices plunge below zero for first time in history

NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – The day started like any other gloomy Monday in the oil market’s worst crisis in a generation. It ended with prices falling below zero for the first time in history, thrusting markets into a parallel universe where traders were willing to pay US$40 a barrel just to get somebody to take crude off their hands.

Gov.sg scraps “circuit breaker” mascots after receiving “quite a lot of feedback of the characters”

The Singapore government has just announced that it pulled mascots, collectively known as the Virus Vanguard, out of its campaign to spread the word about the country’s “circuit breaker” measures and good hygiene habits.

Deliveroo says its top rider earned S$7,095 in March, but other riders sceptical

SINGAPORE — Food delivery platform Deliveroo revealed on Monday (April 20) that its top-earning rider raked in S$7,095 in March, “demonstrating the earning potential” of the job, but riders who spoke to TODAY said this figure would be near impossible to achieve, especially as more and more people are turning to delivery gigs amid a tough economic landscape.
Read more at https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/top-deliveroo-rider-earned-s7095-march-company-says-other-riders-sceptical

US pilot charged with breaching stay order; two Singaporeans charged with breaching stay-home notices

SINGAPORE – American commercial pilot Brian Dugan Yeargan was one of three people charged in court on Tuesday (April 21) with breaching their stay-home notice (SHN) and stay order in separate incidents.