"There were these scenes of people coming together to celebrate. Ideally, they would have practised safe distancing. The people who were there - they know who they are, but I think the moment got the better of them and they perhaps forgot about some of these requirements.
But from the pictures I've seen, all of them were wearing masks. They may not have kept to the rule of 5, and if we can find out who they are, and we have a means to, we might be able to identify and take them to task.
Unfortunately, this appears to have happened in that particular incident, and I would imagine it will not be the end of it. There will be many other incidents where lapses do occur."
Minister Lawrence Wong was responding to a question on whether Singapore should expect a pickup in the number of Covid-19 infections due to the queues and crowds gathering during GE2020.