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    Blood donation services available at hospitals

    Adib Noor

    Blood donation services will no longer be available at the Health Promotion Centre with immediate effect, announced the Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday.

    The ministry stated that those wishing to donate blood in Brunei-Muara District can visit the Blood Donation Centre, Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha (RIPAS) Hospital from Monday to Thursday and on Saturdays from 8am to 11.30am and 1.30pm to 4pm.

    In Belait District, the public can donate blood at Suri Seri Begawan Hospital Blood Bank from Monday to Thursday and Saturday from 8am to 11.30am and 1.45pm to 3.30pm.

    Meanwhile, in Temburong District, the public can donate blood at the Pengiran Isteri Hajjah Mariam Hospital Blood Bank from Monday to Thursday and Saturday from 9am to 11.30am and from 1.30pm to 3.30pm.

    The MoH urged members of public to join blood donation campaigns at the Annajat Complex on Thursday from 10am to 2pm; and at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium and the Royal Brunei Police Force Headquarters in Jalan Gadong on Saturday from 9am to noon.

    Pakistan’s ‘Professor’ Hafeez quits international cricket

    ISLAMABAD (AP) — Allrounder Mohammad Hafeez has retired from international cricket after representing Pakistan in 392 matches over 18 years.

    Hafeez, 41, quit test cricket in 2018 and played his last ODI in the 2019 World Cup at Lord’s. He was recalled in 2020 for Twenty20 matches and finished the year as the world’s leading run-scorer in the calendar year in the shortest format.

    “Today I say goodbye to international cricket with pride and satisfaction,” Hafeez said at a media conference in Lahore yesterday, wearing the Pakistan team’s green blazer and tie. “In fact, I have earned and accomplished more than I had initially envisaged and for that, I am thankful to all my fellow cricketers, captains, support staff and the Pakistan Cricket Board who helped me out during my career.”

    The right-handed batsman scored 12,780 runs in international matches that included 55 test matches, 218 ODIs and 119 T20s. Hafeez, who was reported for his suspect bowling action several times, also took 253 wickets with his off-spin bowling in all the three formats.

    Singapore private home prices jumped 10.6 per cent in 2021

    SINGAPORE (CNA) – Private home prices in Singapore jumped 10.6 per cent in 2021, quickening from a 2.2 per cent increase the year before, according to flash estimates from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) yesterday.

    This was the highest annual growth since 2010, when private home prices rose 17.6 per cent, said OrangeTee and Tie’s Senior Vice President of research and analytics Christine Sun.

    Overall, the private residential property index gained 8.3 points from the third quarter to reach 173.6 points in the fourth quarter of 2021.

    “This represents an increase of five per cent, compared to the 1.1 per cent increase in the previous quarter,” said URA.

    This was also the highest quarterly increase since the second quarter of 2010, when prices went up 5.3 per cent, said Sun.

    Private non-landed homes in the Rest of Central Region (RCR) drove the increase, with prices rising at a faster rate of 7.3 per cent in the fourth quarter, compared to the 2.6 per cent in the preceding quarter.

    Prices of non-landed private homes in the Core Central Region rose by 2.5 per cent, reversing a decline of 0.5 per cent in the previous quarter. In the Outside Central Region prices increased by 5.4 per cent in the fourth quarter, compared to the 0.1 per cent decrease in the third quarter.

    Singapore introduced a package of measures on December 16 last year, aimed at cooling the property market. They include higher Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty (ABSD) rates and a tighter Total Debt Servicing Ratio (TDSR).

    Its impact “may not be felt” in the full-year figures for 2021, said Huttons Asia’s Senior Director of Research Lee Sze Teck.

    Tuesday, January 4, 2022

    Schools re-open with no ART positives

    The first school term for 2022 began yesterday for primary and secondary schools as well as sixth form centres.

    Minister of Health Dato Seri Setia Dr Haji Mohd Isham bin Haji Jaafar said during a press conference that the Ministry of Health (MoH) reported no positive results from the antigen rapid test (ART).

    The Ministry of Education (MoE) said Years 10-13 students, who completed COVID-19 vaccination, returned to face-to-face lessons five days a week, including those with special needs in priority level one and two categories.

    More details on Tuesday’s Borneo Bulletin

     

    Active COVID cases down to 89

    The number of active COVID-19 cases in the country dropped to 89 yesterday. Seven new cases – four locals and three imported – and 18 recoveries were also recorded.

    With the latest cases, the national tally of confirmed cases is 15,506. This was said by Minister of Health Dato Seri Setia Dr Haji Mohd Isham bin Haji Jaafar during a press conference yesterday.

    More details on Tuesday’s Borneo Bulletin

     

    Haul of contraband seized in four operations

    The Royal Customs and Excise Department (RCED), through its law Enforcement Division seized a haul of contraband and detained a number of individuals allegedly involved in the cases in four separate locations on December 24 and 25, 2021.

    Enforcement personnel found 49 cartons of cigarettes inside an abandoned vehicle during an operation in Kampong Katimahar on December 24, 2021.

    Customs enforcement personnel raided a foreign worker house and detained two men – a 31-year-old Indonesian and a 36-year old Malaysian – for allegedly storing and selling contraband on December 25, 2021. The contraband comprised 11 cartons, one pack and 13 sticks of cigarettes as well as 29 bottles of alcohol.

    More details on Tuesday’s Borneo Bulletin

    Ho Chi Minh City issues quarantine procedure for arrivals in face of Omicron

    HO CHI MINH CITY (Vietnam News/ANN) – Ho Chi Minh City’s People’s Committee issued urgent guidelines for a five-step quarantine procedure for arriving passengers amid the emergence of the Omicron variant in Vietnam.

    According to the document, the self-quarantine area (including homes, hotels, offices, dormitories, guest houses) must meet the standards required by the Ministry of Health.

    If the accommodation fails to meet these criteria, incoming passengers will have to go into centralised quarantine facilities.

    More details on Tuesday’s Borneo Bulletin

     

    Indonesia to give booster shots to public as Omicron spreads

    JAKARTA (CNA) – Indonesia will begin giving COVID-19 booster shots to the general public from January 12, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said yesterday, as the Omicron variant spreads in the country.

    Health workers were given booster doses in July and the plan now is to cover all adults who took their second shots over six months ago. About 21 million people will be covered under the booster programme this month, Budi said.

    “It has been decided by the president that (the programme) will begin on January 12,” he said.

    More details on Tuesday’s Borneo Bulletin

     

    India vaccinating teens as Omicron fears rise

    NEW DELHI (AFP) – India extended COVID vaccinations to teens aged 15-18 yesterday, after officials tightened restrictions in big cities to avoid a repeat of last year’s devastating outbreak.

    More than 200,000 people around India died in a huge spring virus wave that overwhelmed hospitals and crematoriums. Health workers have since administered more than 1.4 billion vaccine doses but less than half of India’s population is fully inoculated, according to government data.

    More details on Tuesday’s Borneo Bulletin

     

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