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Government has imposed Code Red measures without calling the situation Code Red
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Talks of a Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble
Singapore’s effective management of the virus has even led to talks of opening up a travel bubble with Hong Kong that was initially due to open in November 2020. However, due to a slight spike in coronavirus cases in Hong Kong and Singapore, the travel bubble’s reopening was rescheduled to May 2021, according to Channel News Asia.
Dealing with new variants entering the country
Despite Singapore’s prudent COVID-19 control and containment measures, new variants of the coronavirus still managed to slip into the country, and this has recently caused several new coronavirus clusters to emerge nationwide.
Singapore moving back to Phase 2 of post-‘Circuit Breaker’ measures
In a bid to control the spread again, the Singaporean government has decided to roll the country back to Phase 2 of post-‘Circuit Breaker’ measures. From The Straits Times, this means restrictions such as limiting the number of people in any single gathering to five, from eight, and limiting the number of people working on-site from 75% to 50% of a company’s total capacity.
Worries about going back into ‘Circuit Breaker’ mode
Currently, Singapore has about 11 active covid clusters (as of 10 May 2021, from The Straits Times). Given how Singapore was quick to get into lockdown mode at the start of the pandemic, many worry that the island-nation will be going back into ‘Circuit Breaker’ mode to contain the spread.
Keeping a close eye on the situation
Despite the doomsday worries from many citizens, Education Minister Lawrence Wong optimistically believes that “[Singapore has] a chance of getting things under control by the end of the month,” in a ministerial statement to the public, believing that the tighter restrictions now enforced with going back to Phase 2 of the lockdown will help improve Singapore’s current situation greatly.
Reminder to be vigilant
From a report from The Straits Times on the same address, however, Minister Lawrence Wong also reminded Singaporeans to remain vigilant. He said that “it only takes one lapse or one irresponsible action for an infection to happen; and that infection may end up being a super-spreader event in the community.”
from yahoo.com:
SINGAPORE — From this Sunday (16 May) till 13 June, only takeaway and delivery options will be allowed for all dine-in F&B establishments, including hawker centres and food courts, as Singapore tightens restrictions amid a recent spike in COVID-19 community cases.
"Dine-in F&B establishments are a higher-risk setting as customers often dine for prolonged periods in close proximity with each other with their masks-off," said the Ministry of Health (MOH).
The curb is among the additional measures and restrictions under Phase 2 (Heightened Alert).
As recent clusters have demonstrated that higher attack rates and secondary transmission occur in mask-off settings, households, and at eateries, indoor “mask-off” activities will cease, added MOH.
The temporary ban on dining in was among a slew of new measures announced by the multi-ministry taskforce on COVID-19 at a virtual press conference on Friday. The measures come as Singapore fights to contain a spike in community infections, some of which are linked to variants of the coronavirus.
"What we have seen so far from the recent cases suggests that the mutant strains and new strains of the virus are more infectious. And the risk settings where infection can take place are when people are in an indoor environment without their mask on," said Education Minister and MTF co-chair Lawrence Wong.
"And that's why we are focused on tightening restrictions in such a setting."
Other activities which will also not be allowed during this period include strenuous indoor exercise classes or strenuous individual and group indoor sports and exercise activities. In addition, personalised services which require masks to be removed - such as facials and saunas - singing, and the playing of instruments that require intentional expulsion of air - such as wind or brass instruments - will not be allowed.
However, medical and dental services will continue.
On Thursday, Singapore reported 34 new COVID-19 cases, with 24 community cases and 10 imported ones.
In addition, the government will provide one month of rental waiver for hawker stall and coffeeshop tenants of government agencies. This is to support hawkers and coffeeshop stallholders, who are self-employed and do not benefit from the JSS. "Commercial landlords are urged to support their F&B tenants through this period," said MOH.
Asked for an assessment of the potential impact of the new measures on F&B businesses, Wong said it would be "hard to predict".
"Certainly the F&B sector will be impacted. You know the takeout business is not the same as dining in, and therefore while they can shift to take out there will be an impact on the revenues and bottom lines," he said.
COVID-19 restrictions: No dining-in allowed amid spike in community cases
SINGAPORE — From this Sunday (16 May) till 13 June, only takeaway and delivery options will be allowed for all dine-in F&B establishments, including hawker centres and food courts, as Singapore tightens restrictions amid a recent spike in COVID-19 community cases.
"Dine-in F&B establishments are a higher-risk setting as customers often dine for prolonged periods in close proximity with each other with their masks-off," said the Ministry of Health (MOH).
The curb is among the additional measures and restrictions under Phase 2 (Heightened Alert).
As recent clusters have demonstrated that higher attack rates and secondary transmission occur in mask-off settings, households, and at eateries, indoor “mask-off” activities will cease, added MOH.
The temporary ban on dining in was among a slew of new measures announced by the multi-ministry taskforce on COVID-19 at a virtual press conference on Friday. The measures come as Singapore fights to contain a spike in community infections, some of which are linked to variants of the coronavirus.
"What we have seen so far from the recent cases suggests that the mutant strains and new strains of the virus are more infectious. And the risk settings where infection can take place are when people are in an indoor environment without their mask on," said Education Minister and MTF co-chair Lawrence Wong.
"And that's why we are focused on tightening restrictions in such a setting."
Other activities which will also not be allowed during this period include strenuous indoor exercise classes or strenuous individual and group indoor sports and exercise activities. In addition, personalised services which require masks to be removed - such as facials and saunas - singing, and the playing of instruments that require intentional expulsion of air - such as wind or brass instruments - will not be allowed.
However, medical and dental services will continue.
On Thursday, Singapore reported 34 new COVID-19 cases, with 24 community cases and 10 imported ones.
Support for F&B establishments
From 15 May to 13 June, the Jobs Support Scheme (JSS) support rate for F&B establishments will be increased to half of the first $4,600 of gross monthly wages paid to local employees. This is an increase from the 10 per cent support for wages paid up to June 2021.In addition, the government will provide one month of rental waiver for hawker stall and coffeeshop tenants of government agencies. This is to support hawkers and coffeeshop stallholders, who are self-employed and do not benefit from the JSS. "Commercial landlords are urged to support their F&B tenants through this period," said MOH.
Asked for an assessment of the potential impact of the new measures on F&B businesses, Wong said it would be "hard to predict".
"Certainly the F&B sector will be impacted. You know the takeout business is not the same as dining in, and therefore while they can shift to take out there will be an impact on the revenues and bottom lines," he said.
from yahoo.com:
SINGAPORE — The permissible group size for distinct visitors per household and social gatherings will be cut from five to two persons, said the multi-ministry taskforce (MTF) on COVID-19 on Friday (14 May), amid a spike in community cases of the coronavirus in Singapore.
Individuals should continue to limit their overall number of social gatherings to not more than two per day, whether to another household, or meeting with friends and family members in a public place, the MTF said at a conference.
The curb is among the additional measures and restrictions under Phase 2 (Heightened Alert), which will take effect from 16 May to 13 June. A review of the measures' effectiveness will be held at the two-week mark of this period, to assess the possibility of easing or tightening them.
"If indeed the situation does not improve, we certainly will not rule out even more stringent measures thereafter. But there is also a chance that things may improve and, therefore, we may also consider the other way around, easing some of the restrictions," said Education Minister and MTF co-chair Lawrence Wong.
In order to allow families’ current childcare arrangements to continue, grandchildren being cared for by their grandparents on a daily basis would not be counted towards the cap of two distinct visitors per household, or to the number of social gatherings per day, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in a media statement.
“However, grandparents are strongly encouraged to be vaccinated against COVID-19, to protect both themselves and their grandchildren from COVID-19 infection. To reduce the risk of transmission, grandparents should also minimise intermingling between grandchildren from different households,” the MOH said.
Also announced was the move to make work-from-home the default for workplaces.
“Employers must ensure that employees who are able to work from home do so. There should continue to be no cross-deployment of workers to multiple worksites. Employers should continue to stagger start times of employees who need to return to the workplace and implement flexible working hours,” MOH said.
Social gatherings at the workplace will not be allowed. Employees may have meal breaks at the workplace, but they must refrain from intermingling with their colleagues when their masks are taken off. These measures will lower transmission risks by reducing overall footfall and interactions at common spaces at or near the workplace, and in public places, including public transport.
The MOH on Thursday confirmed 34 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore, taking the country's total case count to 61,453.
There are 24 new community cases, with 20 linked to previous cases – 19 are linked to the Changi Airport cluster. Additionally, there are 10 imported cases, who had already been placed on Stay-Home Notice (SHN) or isolated upon arrival in Singapore, the MOH said.
COVID-19: Social gathering size to be cut to 2 per group, work from home default
SINGAPORE — The permissible group size for distinct visitors per household and social gatherings will be cut from five to two persons, said the multi-ministry taskforce (MTF) on COVID-19 on Friday (14 May), amid a spike in community cases of the coronavirus in Singapore.
Individuals should continue to limit their overall number of social gatherings to not more than two per day, whether to another household, or meeting with friends and family members in a public place, the MTF said at a conference.
The curb is among the additional measures and restrictions under Phase 2 (Heightened Alert), which will take effect from 16 May to 13 June. A review of the measures' effectiveness will be held at the two-week mark of this period, to assess the possibility of easing or tightening them.
"If indeed the situation does not improve, we certainly will not rule out even more stringent measures thereafter. But there is also a chance that things may improve and, therefore, we may also consider the other way around, easing some of the restrictions," said Education Minister and MTF co-chair Lawrence Wong.
In order to allow families’ current childcare arrangements to continue, grandchildren being cared for by their grandparents on a daily basis would not be counted towards the cap of two distinct visitors per household, or to the number of social gatherings per day, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in a media statement.
“However, grandparents are strongly encouraged to be vaccinated against COVID-19, to protect both themselves and their grandchildren from COVID-19 infection. To reduce the risk of transmission, grandparents should also minimise intermingling between grandchildren from different households,” the MOH said.
Also announced was the move to make work-from-home the default for workplaces.
“Employers must ensure that employees who are able to work from home do so. There should continue to be no cross-deployment of workers to multiple worksites. Employers should continue to stagger start times of employees who need to return to the workplace and implement flexible working hours,” MOH said.
Social gatherings at the workplace will not be allowed. Employees may have meal breaks at the workplace, but they must refrain from intermingling with their colleagues when their masks are taken off. These measures will lower transmission risks by reducing overall footfall and interactions at common spaces at or near the workplace, and in public places, including public transport.
The MOH on Thursday confirmed 34 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore, taking the country's total case count to 61,453.
There are 24 new community cases, with 20 linked to previous cases – 19 are linked to the Changi Airport cluster. Additionally, there are 10 imported cases, who had already been placed on Stay-Home Notice (SHN) or isolated upon arrival in Singapore, the MOH said.
Reminder of what I posted one year ago.
PAP are doing a lot of testing and reporting the numbers accordingly. What they may not be forthright about is the linked and unlinked cases. For example, I do not believe that the first case in the TTSH cluster is a pinay nurse whose case appears to be unlinked.
The numbers may not even be correct.
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