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From Page One
Meanwhile, the irst defendant and the
second defendant, Md Yusra bin Faris, a 23-year-
old unemployed were believed to have been
involved in two thefts at Kampong Lumapas area,
including the theft of a pitcher.
Investigations revealed all stolen items
were sold by the defendants for food and
personal items and were successfully traced and
con iscated for evidence.
The second defendant was remanded
until May 28 for the next mention of
the case.
From Page One
In India, a strict lockdown has so far
helped keep con irmed virus infections
relatively low among the population of
1.3 billion. Rail, road and air services
were all suspended in late March.
But in recent days, as the lockdown
has eased and some businesses have
resumed, infections and deaths have
been increasing.
As the colossal rail network began
reopening, special trains departed from
select big cities, including New Delhi
and Mumbai, and run at full capacity.
Passengers were allowed to enter
stations only if they are asymptomatic
and clear thermal screening.
In the Philippines, President Rodrigo
Duterte said the country’s lockdown,
which has restricted millions to their
homes and taken a heavy economic toll,
will be eased. He warned that people
who want to return to work must follow
safeguards to avoid more deaths and a
second wave of the virus.
Yet questions remain about how
prepared many countries are to
end lockdowns. The World Health
Organization’s (WHO) emergencies
chief, Dr Michael Ryan, said robust
contact tracing measures adopted by
Germany and South Korea provide hope
that those countries can detect and
stop virus clusters before they get out
of control.
But he said other nations have not
effectively employed contact tracing
investigators to contact people who
test positive, track down their contacts
and get them into quarantine before
they can spread the virus. He declined
to name speci ic countries.
“Shutting your eyes and trying to
drive through this blind is about as silly
an equation as I’ve seen,” Ryan said.
“And I’m really concerned that certain
countries are setting themselves up for
some seriously blind driving over the
next few months.”
Fears of infection spikes in countries
thathaveloosenedupcametrueinrecent
days in Germany, where new clusters
were linked to three slaughterhouses;
in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the
crisis started; and in South Korea, where
85 new cases were linked to nightclubs
that reopened after anti-virus measures
were eased.
UScontacttracingremainsapatchwork
of approaches and readiness levels. States
are hiring and sourcing contact tracers,
and experts say tens of thousands will be
needed across the country.
Apple, Google, some US states and
European countries are developing
contact-tracing apps that show whether
someone crossed paths with an infected
person. But the technology supplements
and does not replace labour-intensive
human work, experts said.
More than 10,000peopleare involved
in contact tracing in Germany, a country
of 83 million. Britain abandoned an initial
contact-tracing effort in March when the
virus’s rapid spread made it impossible.
Now it is recruiting 18,000 people.
France’s Health Minister has
promised robust contact tracing and
pledged that the country will test
700,000 people weekly. On Monday,
with progress unclear, the nation’s
highest court ordered the government
to take extreme care in protecting
privacy rights, casting doubt on how
to proceed.
Two men charged with theft
The recovered stolen items: a pitcher; and a drilling machine. PHOTOS: RBPF
Expert warns many countries
are driving blind as they reopen
MEDAN, INDONESIA (AFP) - Rescuers have dis-
covered the charred remains of at least seven
people a day after a series of explosions aboard
an Indonesian oil tanker, and police said yester-
day the toll could rise.
The dead were among dozens trapped on the
250-metre Jag Leela when it burst into lames
after several explosions at North Sumatra’s Bela-
wan port, one of the country’s busiest.
Fire ighters aboard another boat battled
for hours to extinguish the inferno on the In-
donesia lagged vessel, which was docked
for repairs.
“The deceased were among those trapped
during the blaze. They didn’t ind a way out,” said
local police spokesman MP Nainggolan.
DNA tests were being performed to identify
badly burned victims, and some crew were still
missing, he added.
The blaze injured at least 22 people.
The cause of the explosions and ire was not
yet known, authorities said.
Tina Siregar said two of her brothers may be
among the dead. “Both of them were working to
repair the tanker,” she said.
“They were on board when this happened.”
At least seven dead from Indonesia oil tanker fire
People wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk at Ginza
shopping district in Tokyo. PHOTO: AP
LONDON (AFP) - A railway station worker
in Britain died fromCOVID 19 last month
after she was spat at and coughed over
by someone claiming to have the virus,
her trade union said yesterday.
Transport union TSSA said Belly Mu-
jinga, 47, contracted the virus with a
colleague within days of the assault on
the pair at London’s Victoria station on
March 22.
“They were out on the concourse by
the ticket of ice when they were assault-
ed by a member of the public who spat
at them,” the union said in a statement.
“The man coughed over them and told
them he had the virus.” Several days lat-
er, Mujinga’s doctor requested she was
given sick leave, noting she suffered
from underlying respiratory problems,
the TSSA said.
She was then stood down from work,
but grew sicker and on April 2 was taken to
hospital and put on a ventilator, it added.
Mujinga died three days later, leaving an
11-year-old daughter and husband.
The union said it had reported the
case to rail industry safety watchdogs
for investigation and was also taking
legal advice “on the situation and sup-
porting her family and colleagues”.
UK rail worker dies from virus after
spitting ‘assault’: Union
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