Evening Update: Today's headlines from The Straits Times on Dec 7

Good evening! Catch up on some of the main headlines on Tuesday, Dec 7.


Saliva testing approved in Singapore for Covid-19 pre-departure tests of travellers

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Local biomedical start-up Lucence has started working with clinics and telemedicine providers to offer saliva testing.

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askST: Will I lose fully vaccinated status if I don't get third Sinovac or Sinopharm dose by Dec 31?

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When are you due for your third dose? Here's what you need to know.

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Experts agree with MOH move to stop daily Covid-19 updates to media, as 'they are no longer meaningful'

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Information on infection numbers, deaths, ICU occupancy rates will still be available on MOH website.

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Low Thia Khiang, Sylvia Lim did not advise ex-MP Yaw Shin Leong to stay silent over alleged affair: WP

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Mr Yaw Shin Leong had also chosen not to appear before the party's central executive committee in 2012 to account for the matter, said WP.

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Tough laws, death penalty pivotal in keeping number of drug abusers low: PM Lee

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He said public education is an equally important part in the war against drugs.

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China says US diplomatic boycott of Winter Olympics could harm cooperation

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US "plot" of trying to disrupt the Olympics was doomed to fail, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said.

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Four takeaways from the US diplomatic boycott of Beijing's Winter Olympics

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American athletes can still compete in next year's Games, which was not the case with the US boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow.

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Jail for 2 Nigerian members of love scam who recruited S'porean women as money mules

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They were members of a transnational love scam based in Malaysia.

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Prostate cancer: Early screenings can save lives

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There are often no symptoms in the early stages of prostate cancer, one of the top cancers among men in Singapore.

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Robots, videos and a TV garden: The art of Nam June Paik at the National Gallery

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The Korean-born video art pioneer is considered to be a visionary who predicted aspects of the Internet age, like teleconferencing.

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