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Singapore needs more data before deciding on Covid easing: Trade Minister​

Fri, 19 November 2021, 5:23 pm·2-min read


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Singapore needs more data before deciding on Covid easing: Trade Minister. (PHOTO: Bloomberg Markets and Finance Youtube channel)
By Low De Wei and Haslinda Amin
(Bloomberg) — Singapore officials still need “a few more days” before they can decide whether to relax strict virus curbs that have lasted for nearly two months, Singapore’s trade minister said Friday in a virtual interview on the sidelines of the Bloomberg New Economy Forum.
Asked about the likelihood of restrictions continuing past Nov. 21, when they are due to lapse, Singapore Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong replied that “It’s really difficult to say, because it is still too early.” Gan is also a co-chair of the government task force overseeing virus measures in the city-state.

The latest round of Covid curbs were imposed on Sept. 27 amid the city-state’s worst virus surge yet, which includes making work from home the default, and capping social gatherings at two. The limits were then extended by a month in October.
Cases have stabilised and started to decline in recent weeks, as Singapore’s latest outbreak shows signs of slowing. Thursday was the third time in the last week that cases in the community dipped below 2,000, down from a high of 4,650 on Oct. 27. The government has focused on its week over week ratio of community Covid cases as a key metric for easing. It wants to see the number below 1 — a target that has been hit on 15 of the last 16 days.
Pressure on hospitals has also eased. More than 40% of public ICU beds in the city-state are now vacant, due to a combination of lower Covid cases over the last few weeks, as well as a ramping up of capacity.
The government began incrementally easing restrictions from last week, such as allowing five people from the same residence to dine at restaurants, and announcing some pilot programs where social distancing measures could be reduced.
“We are hoping that we’ll be able to make some review and see whether there will be opportunity for us to make some adjustments,” Gan told Bloomberg TV’s Haslinda Amin. He added that officials will still need “a few more days” to monitor the effects of the latest relaxation of rules, and make a quick assessment before Monday.
Singapore is pushing for an endemic strategy of living with the virus, although that approach has been marred by several months of stop-start restrictions. The business hub’s prime minister Lee Hsien Loong defended the slow pace of reopening Wednesday, saying that the government was seeking to avoid “unsettling u-turns.”
The New Economy Forum is being organised by Bloomberg Media Group, a division of Bloomberg LP, the parent company of Bloomberg News.

 

[tobelightlight]

Who have the confidence that these PAP minister can deal with the situation properly. I don't. When they force vaxx on people and people die and injured from it, they never care. They only say i give you money. throw money at you and insult you for your health.

 

[porcaputtana]

the Bloomberg article is promising easing of restrictions in the coming weeks

https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...ave-way-for-the-vaccinated-to-mix-more-freely

learn how to read . Fucking moron

 

[millim6868]

The way ceca cones in ,sure got problem,my place u see them come in n bringing along their kampong along,sure will hv problem,damn CB

 

[porcaputtana]

The way ceca cones in ,sure got problem,my place u see them come in n bringing along their kampong along,sure will hv problem,damn CB

Exactly

fake vaccination certs and ART results

hopefully the unvaccinated can meet them head on

 

[red amoeba]

States times is a mouthpiece. Hardly anyone believe what that shit paper writes.

 

[porcaputtana]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/59356156

Surely you can trust BBC

doesn’t matter how big a star you are

Unvaccinated is filth no matter how you spin it

Socially irresponsible

 

[BigBlackCock]

CECA is the best of the best. Sinkeland will sink without them

 

[Majulah]

those goons certainly non medical expert , feigning to be one and giving useless advice and implementing ineffective policies. thats the dangerous
situation we are in. on the one hand goons are quick to endorse VTL , on the other hand , insisting that situation does not warrant an ease off of
the restrictions. both policies are at odd with each other.
these high paid goons used to chant " think out of the box'" to improve , yet they kept on applying the same 3 options - wear mask, safe distancing , vaccination , implement various degree of movement restriction.
perhaps there is one explanation - they are ordered to follow a given script , the same script that western countries follow.

 

[myfoot123]

There are two scenarios:

1) Easing for Singaporeans - is unlikely to cause further spike in infection.
2) Easing for foreigners to come in - is likely to cause unsettling spike in pandemic for many more years to come.

Under PAP leadership, which of the above two will happen?

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Please tell me...why don't eliminate all restrictions 1st than open borders? And singkies put up with it? Restrictions remain but borders open...and with 80% vaccinated? C'mon man

 

[syed putra]

That can only mean one thing.
This semi lock down probably making economy more efficient with less booze and sex related incidents,