SINGAPORE will start easing some curbs put in place to contain the spread of the coronavirus over the next few weeks, authorities said, as the city-state takes the first tentative steps towards re-opening its economy.
Selected activities such as home-based businesses, laundry services and barbers will be allowed to operate from May 12. Some students will be allowed to go back to schools in small groups from May 19.the economy and supply chains, as well as their ability to minimise risks of transmission.
“We are preparing for the safe and gradual resumption of economic and community activities after the end of the circuit breaker period on 1 June 2020, ” the ministry of health said in a statement yesterday.Singapore has among the highest number of infections in Asia, mainly due to outbreaks in cramped migrant worker dormitories.It confirmed 447 new cases of coronavirus yesterday, the smallest daily rise in two weeks, taking the total to 17,548 with 16 virus-related deaths.
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