The Big Story: New, faster breathalyser test for Covid-19 is on trial in Singapore

Remote video URL

SINGAPORE - Catch up on the hottest topics on The Straits Times' weekday talk show.

The Big Story, broadcast every weekday at 5.30pm on Facebook and YouTube, has reporters and senior editors discussing the top stories of the day.

The show is helmed by multimedia correspondent Hairianto Diman and assistant video editor Olivia Quay, and airs live from ST's digital studio.

On Tuesday (Oct 20), Singapore Expo held its first Mice event since it was converted into a community isolation facility for Covid-19 patients a few months back.

We will speak to journalist Sue-Ann Tan on how the hybrid meetings, incentives, conferences, exhibitions or Mice event - the Industrial Transformation Asia-Pacific (Itap) conference - was conducted with safe management measures in place.

Meanwhile, trial for a new and faster breathalyser test for diagnosing Covid-19 is currently underway in Singapore. Science correspondent Audrey Tan will share more on her first-hand experience undergoing the test.

We will also share the latest news in Singapore and around the world.

LISTEN TO THE BIG STORY PODCAST

Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.