All beaches in Singapore closed as part of tougher COVID19 measures: Lawrence Wong
All beaches in Singapore will be closed, said National Development Minister Lawrence Wong in a Facebook post on Saturday. SINGAPORE: All beaches in Singapore will be closed as part of efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the country.
"In theory, we could keep most places open, so long as safe distancing measures are strictly adhered to. But increasingly we see that this is hard to achieve."So tougher measures are necessary. Yesterday, we closed off selected areas in our parks and nature reserves. Today we will be closing all beaches in Singapore." he said.
Mr Wong said people must drastically reduce their contacts with others for the"circuit breaker" to be effective, and the effort must be sustained not just for a few days but until the end of the month at least.
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