How did the worst global health crisis of our time affect you? One year into the pandemic, CNA speaks to people in Singapore to hear their stories."Papa, you have been a good dad. You have done all you can to fulfil your duty as a father."
She was with him until 9pm, when he had to be checked in as his oxygen levels were dropping."Papa, I will see you. Papa, I will see you," she told him.In the month her father spent in the intensive care unit , the family kept in touch through FaceTime chats but even then, Mr Chung couldn't speak much as he was hooked up to the ventilator.
This year's Chinese New Year celebrations will be kept to a minimum, Ashley said, as the family observes her dad's passing."You won't see Dad doing lo hei anymore; you won't see Dad going in front of the wok for the family."Shortly after Amanda relocated to New York last March for work, the city became the epicentre for the virus outbreak in the US. That ended her short stint abroad, but a longer - tougher - sojourn was to begin.
It was then that she discovered there were people she could talk to from her balcony without leaving her room. She also asked her contacts online if they knew of people staying at the facility. Before long, a chat was started and they hung out virtually.She also had two roommates to share that time with, including one woman who became a good friend. They still hang out regularly, while the larger chat group plans to meet up in February.
"That's when thoughts about my family filled my mind and I thought about how I needed to get out of this for them. I only thought about my family." As the youngest of seven sons, Krishnaramar was to have performed the funeral rites - something his late father had previously instructed him to do. His dad was 70 and had survived two heart attacks, but the third resulted in his death.The 43-year-old also said the lockdown imposed on foreign worker dorms last year was a big problem for him. For months, he couldn't leave his 12-man dorm at Cochrane Lodge II.
The 33-year-old senior staff nurse at Tan Tock Seng Hospital was redeployed to the screening centre at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases on Jan 29, 2020, a week after the virus was first confirmed in Singapore. There, he was part of a team of frontliners tasked to screen, swab and monitor patients suspected of having the novel coronavirus.
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