SINGAPORE, Feb 1 — As the Covid-19 situation in Singapore and around the world has stabilised, infectious disease experts here are saying that now is a good time to do away with the public health safety rules of wearing a mask on public transport and in healthcare settings.
Earlier this month, Dr Liang Wannian, China’s head of Covid-19 response panel under the country’s National Health Commission, said that the Covid-19 surge there has declined, and that the country has “weathered the worst” of the wave. Dr Paul Tambyah, president of the Asia Pacific Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infection, noting that the Covid-19 situation has been under control here, said that the remaining restrictions can be lifted.
This was because they are places where essential services are carried out in enclosed and crowded areas, and are frequently used by vulnerable persons. “I don't think waiting for another three to six months will create a better situation where cases are reduced. The disproportionate restrictions on the rest of the population will not significantly reduce the numbers of those immunocompromised,” Dr Leong added.
Assoc Prof Cook said that Singapore’s position is sufficiently stable enough for it to lower its Disease Outbreak Response System Condition to the green level.Green is the first stage where disease is mild or does not spread easily, and red is the fourth stage where disease is severe and spreading easily.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
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