ASEANews HEADLINES: COVID-19-NEW VARIANTS & VACCINES: SINGAPORE- World Economic Forum cancels meeting scheduled to be held in S’pore in August, Shangri-La forum keen to carry on

May 18, 2021May 18, 2021 Contributor 0 Comment ASEANEWS Headlines

Organisers cited the uncertain travel outlook and new variants of Covid-19, among others, as reasons.ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG / Lim Min Zhang and Justin Ong

SINGAPORE – The World Economic Forum (WEF) is cancelling its special annual meeting that was scheduled to be held in Singapore in August, with organisers citing the uncertain travel outlook and new Covid-19 variants as reasons for their decision.

“Regretfully, the tragic circumstances unfolding across geographies, an uncertain travel outlook, differing speeds of vaccination roll-out and the uncertainty around new variants combine to make it impossible to realise a global meeting with business, government and civil society leaders from all over the world at the scale which was planned,” the WEF said in a statement on Monday (May 17).

“This is despite the excellent support provided by the Government of Singapore,” it added.

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The coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting 218 countries and territories around the world and 2 international conveyances.

COVID-19 infection crosses 164.18 million globally as deaths cross 3.40 million.

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Here is the GLOBAL status as of Tuesday, 7am, May 18, 2021

The update-5.18.2021 Sick Earth Plague Day 526

(1 Year, 6 Months, 168Days)

Coronavirus Covid-19

Cases Globally: 164,186,056;

Deaths: 3,401,971:

Recovered: 142,860,230

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Country/Region	New Cases	Total Cases	Recovered	Deaths
India	281,860	24,964,925	21,167,609	274,411
Iran	11,291	2,751,166	2,226,122	76,936
Turkey	10,512	5,117,374	4,947,256	44,760
Nepal	7,316	455,020	339,756	5,001
Japan	6,349	677,912	590,044	11,463
Philippines	5,773	1,143,946	1,069,826	19,190
Malaysia	3,780	470,110	426,319	1,902
Indonesia	3,080	1,739,750	1,600,857	48,093
Kazakhstan	2,459	358,104	316,003	4,054
Iraq	2,456	1,139,373	1,045,240	15,954
Pakistan	2,379	877,130	788,768	19,543
Thailand	2,302	101,447	65,803	589
Sri Lanka	2,275	142,746	118,322	962
Bahrain	1,884	200,977	183,859	746
UAE	1,251	546,182	526,302	1,631
Georgia	968	330,375	308,821	4,442
Kuwait	828	291,629	277,820	1,693
Saudi Arabia	825	433,094	417,787	7,162
Jordan	809	724,154	710,445	9,259
Maldives	741	44,523	28,459	97
S. Korea	610	131,671	121,764	1,900
Oman	588	205,511	190,342	2,193
Mongolia	541	48,642	40,900	207
Azerbaijan	472	329,843	314,900	4,779
Bangladesh	363	780,159	722,036	12,149
Cambodia	350	22,184	12,120	150
Lebanon	307	535,753	497,198	7,620
Uzbekistan	302	96,670	92,111	668
Qatar	256	213,183	207,077	530
Kyrgyzstan	224	100,473	93,602	1,703
Taiwan	207	1,682	1,116	12
Vietnam	190	4,175	2,668	36
Timor-Leste	179	4,458	2,336	10
Palestine	169	303,827	292,523	3,428
Cyprus	165	71,064	39,061	346
Armenia	131	220,860	208,454	4,323
Afghanistan	114	63,598	54,686	2,745
Singapore	49	61,585	61,104	31
Syrian Arab Republic	45	23,738	20,780	1,698
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	21	1,591	574	2
China	18	90,847	85,920	4,636
Bhutan	7	1,286	1,155	1
Myanmar	6	143,065	132,115	3,212
Yemen	5	6,543	3,023	1,289
Hong Kong	3	11,825	11,525	210
Israel	2	839,119	832,072	6,382
Brunei	0	232	220	3
Macao	0	49	49	0
Tajikistan	0	13,308	13,218