Real risk of resurgence in COVID-19 cases, clusters if too many activities resume too quickly: Gan Kim Yong

As restrictions are eased and more activities are resumed, it becomes even"more critical" that people exercise strong social responsibility to ensure that community transmission remains low, said Mr Gan.

Mr Gan said that the issue has been discussed"at length" by the multi-ministry task force, of which he is co-chair. Singapore exited its circuit breaker period on Jun 1, and the COVID-19 measures will be progressively lifted in three phases."We are not prepared to open it up too early, too quickly because that in fact may result in more cases emerging and in turn will require us to reimpose some of the measures, and as a result, actually may defer and slow down Phase 2," he said.

MP Murali Pillai asked about the merits of exiting the circuit breaker on Jun 1 when COVID-19 infections among migrant workers were still in the hundreds. “The global situation has also not fully stabilised. Some countries are seeing a second wave of infection after reopening their economy and allowing social activities,” he said, adding that Singapore must remain vigilant.Mr Gan also said that the COVID-19 multi-ministry task force has been monitoring the global situation and learning from the experiences of other jurisdictions, including their strategies for reopening the economy and community.

He gave the example of Hong Kong, where the limit of eight persons for social gatherings was extended by two weeks because of a new cluster.

The truth of mortality rate

Enough of your fear mongering, people who want their lives back have the right to live a normal life, those who afraid of dying can stay put at home (be it virus or not may still die).

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