SINGAPORE: Given “very worrying trends” in the spread of COVID-19, it was important that Singapore made a “pre-emptive” move, said Minister for ...
SINGAPORE: Given “very worrying trends” in the spread of COVID-19, it was important that Singapore made a “pre-emptive” move, said Minister for National Development Lawrence Wong at a press conference on Friday .
Mr Wong said that over the past few weeks, Singaporeans have been responsible in complying with the incremental new measures introduced.READ: In full: PM Lee's address on enhanced measures to deal with COVID-19 situation in Singapore "As I've said before, we are rolling back not resetting back to zero, by rolling back still there's some stringent precautions in place, but perhaps not as tight as what we are introducing today,” he said.
“We have not given up on containment,” he said, noting that it is now necessary “to do more” with safe distancing. “If you look at what other countries have done, we are doing this relatively early in our infection cycle, we have not reached a point where we’re seeing many uncontrollable outbreaks. We are still in a phase where we are containing the virus," he explained.Mr Lee had said in his address that an enhanced set of safe distancing measures will be implemented to slow down the spread of COVID-19 in view of increasing local transmission and the number of unlinked cases.
Singaporeans should stay at home as much as possible, avoid socialising with others outside of their households and only go out to do essential things, Mr Lee had said.
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