0:00 - THE BIG STORY

1:01 - OMICRON WAVE HAS PEAKED
Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday (March 9), Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said the current Omicron wave in Singapore has peaked and the number of infections is now declining. READ MORE: https://str.sg/weij

2:08 - COVID-19 SINGAPORE UPDATE

2:39 - PREVENTIVE CARE AT HEART OF S'PORE'S HEALTHCARE REFORM
Meanwhile, family doctors will play a key role as the nation shifts away from the traditional focus on illness-based hospital care to a more sustainable way of patient-centred preventive care that will focus on nipping diseases in the bud and keeping people healthy and out of hospital as much as possible. READ MORE: https://str.sg/we5J

Describing this as a “major healthcare reform initiative” called the Healthier SG strategy, Mr Ong said it is important to move now.

Senior health correspondent Joyce Teo shares more about the initiative.

8:48 - $500M PACKAGE TO HELP AVIATION SECTOR'S RECOVERY
On to the Transport Ministry’s budget debate, the aviation sector will get a fresh injection of $500 million to further support recovery amid the Covid-19 pandemic. READ MORE: https://str.sg/wewe

Transport Minister S. Iswaran said the OneAviation Resilience Package will enable the sector to increase core capabilities and capacity to manage increased traveller volumes.

12:10 - UKRAINE: HUMANITARIAN CORRIDORS WILL OPERATE IN SEVERAL AREAS
Overseas, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said humanitarian corridors will operate on Wednesday in several areas, including the strategic southern port city of Mariupol. READ MORE: https://str.sg/weiz

She said the Ukrainian armed forces have agreed to stop firing in areas with these corridors between 9am and 9pm local time (3pm Wednesday to 3am Thursday Singapore time).

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