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REUTERS: Players from La Liga side Eibar have issued a joint statement expressing their concerns about returning to training and matches while the new coronavirus remains a threat. Spanish football has been on hold since March due to the pandemic, although clubs are due to start individual training this week once they have undergone testing for the virus ahead of an expected return to matches, without spectators, by June. Sides will be given daily testing for the virus, and training centres will be subjected to strict conditions on hygiene once activity resumes, although some players have spoken out about returning to matches. On Tuesday, Eibar became the first top-flight club to publicly express their concerns. "We are worried about starting an activity in which we will not be able to complete the first recommendation of all experts which is physical distance," the players said in a statement given to radio station Cadena Ser. "It worries us that by doing what we like most … [Read more...] about Spanish club Eibar express fears about return to training

SINGAPORE: Eight new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Singapore on Saturday (Mar 7), including four linked to the cluster involving a private dinner function at SAFRA Jurong, said the Ministry of Health in a daily update. Another case is linked to The Life Church and Missions Singapore cluster, while two are likely to be imported cases and the remaining case is unlinked, said the ministry. The latest infections bring Singapore's total number of COVID-19 cases to 138. It also brings the number of cases linked to the SAFRA Jurong event to 21. READ: Some activities at 7 CCs and 8 RCs suspended over links to SAFRA Jurong COVID-19 cluster - MOH On Saturday, MOH announced precautionary measures at seven community clubs and eight residents' committees, after it was found that some patients in the SAFRA Jurong cluster had attended group activities at those venues. Eight more COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospital on Saturday, bringing the number of fully recovered … [Read more...] about 8 new COVID-19 cases confirmed, 8 more patients discharged from hospital: MOH

SINGAPORE: All essential healthcare services will continue operating even after the enhanced safe-distancing measures requiring most workplaces to be shut kick in next Tuesday (Apr 7), the health ministry said on Saturday. All public and private acute hospitals, including offsite specialist clinics and offsite ambulatory surgical centres, as well as community hospitals, polyclinics, Public Health Preparedness Clinics (PHPCs) and renal dialysis centres will remain open. Non-PHPC general practitioner clinics, specialist clinics, dental clinics and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) clinics may remain open only for the delivery of essential services. READ: Singapore makes 'decisive move' to close most workplaces and impose full home-based learning for schools, says PM Lee READ: Most workplaces to close for one month from Apr 7 to curb spread of COVID-19 Essential services refer to those that would result in significant or rapid deterioration of the patient’s medical … [Read more...] about COVID-19: Essential healthcare services to continue operating, other services to be scaled down

SINGAPORE: Twelve new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Singapore on Wednesday (Mar 11), including eight imported cases and one linked to the SAFRA Jurong cluster. The latest confirmed cases bring Singapore's total to 178, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in a daily update. Among the new imported cases, three are Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) servicemen. READ: Two RSAF regulars on home quarantine after four others diagnosed with COVID-19 READ: Nurse with COVID-19 did not attend to infected patients: Ng Teng Fong General Hospital A total of four servicemen, who were on overseas duty in Marseille for three weeks, have contracted the virus. The Ministry of Defence said that two other RSAF servicemen who were with them have also returned to Singapore and are currently well. The two have been on home quarantine since their return. Another imported case involves a Filipino Work Pass holder who had travelled to the Philippines to visit a relative with … [Read more...] about 12 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore including RSAF servicemen who were in France on official duty

REUTERS: French club Pau said it has dismissed former All Blacks flyhalf Tom Taylor for leaving France in March without permission during the novel coronavirus pandemic. Taylor, who played three tests for the All Blacks in 2013, left France on March 17 despite being asked to remain in the country in case the Top 14 league resumed at short notice, the club said in a statement on their website. "The club had no other recourse than to initiate a dismissal procedure against Mr. Tom Taylor," the club said. Taylor could not be immediately reached for comment. French rugby officials abandoned the 2019/20 season last week. Taylor, the son of former All Blacks inside centre Warwick, was called into the national side in 2013 when fellow flyhalves Dan Carter, Beauden Barrett and Aaron Cruden were all injured. He left New Zealand in 2015 and joined Toulon before heading to Pau in 2016. (Reporting by Greg Stutchbury in Wellington; Editing by Kenneth Maxwell) … [Read more...] about France’s Pau sack ex-All Black Taylor for leaving country during coronavirus outbreak