Speaking in Parliament on Thursday (March 3), Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam said the Government is carefully considering the best way forward on Section 377A of the Penal Code, adding, "We must respect the different viewpoints, consider them carefully, talk to the different groups." READ MORE: https://str.sg/wsh9
Meanwhile, another three Singaporeans have been evacuated from Ukraine, leaving six still in the country, said Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan.
On the Ukraine crisis, Russia’s defence ministry said 498 Russian soldiers had died and another 1,597 had been wounded since the invasion of Ukraine on Feb 24, the first time that Moscow had put a figure on its casualties. READ MORE: https://str.sg/wse2
Ukraine, however, said more than 7,000 Russian soldiers had been killed so far and hundreds taken prisoner.
The figures could not be independently verified.
And in other headlines, the weekly Covid-19 infection growth rate dipped to 0.98 on Wednesday, the first time it’s below one since Jan 3. READ MORE: https://str.sg/wsWa
Dr Leong Hoe Nam, an infectious diseases specialist from the Rophi Clinic, weighs in on this development.
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