Effects of tightened COVID-19 measures will only be seen in 1 or 2 weeks due to 'time lag': Lawrence Wong

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SINGAPORE: The effects of tightened COVID-19 measures may only be evident 'one to two weeks later' as there is a 'time lag' in picking up cases, ...

"It doesn't mean that our measures are not working," said Mr Wong.

"So, what it means is we will continue to assess the situation very carefully. We will consult our public health experts and we will continue to see if there is a need to do any further tightening, whether the current measures are sufficient, or whether there is a need to do any further tightening along the way."Meanwhile, people need to"do everything we can" to slow the spread of the virus, said Mr Wong.

 

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Trust them ... I trusted them , i dont even voted for PAP , just gotta give credit for their hardworks

I think we should not use old procedure to validate a new strain because if this new strain is high virulent and highly transmissable, than using the old rule of the thumb to wait 1-2 weeks may not be wise..anyway I am not an expert just saying this as a layman.

Obviously there's a time lag due to the incubation period of the virus...

He might be refering to the taskf*rce for lagging behind

The effects of delaying action against the known highly contagious Indian variant, are already being seen in the number of unconnected cases circulating in the community. The situation in two weeks will be significantly worse.

Time lag? Like fast forward the time man. Overclock your clock speed or something

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