SINGAPORE: Scaling up the capacity to test for COVID-19 will be a “key enabler” for Singapore to move beyond the “circuit breaker” period, said Minister for National Development Lawrence Wong on Monday .
Describing this aspect of testing as “critical” as Singapore plans for a phase beyond the circuit breaker, Mr Wong said: “Eventually we will want to gradually relax our restrictions as our community cases come down and resume activities. This needs to be done in a safe manner without us risking new infection clusters from forming.
Mr Wong stressed, however, that testing “cannot be a substitute” for personal responsibility like practising good hygiene and taking safe distancing measures seriously. "Don’t go to work and end up socialising during lunch break or during break times at the pantry or outside the workplace," Mr Wong stressed.At the press conference, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong noted that the continued presence of unlinked cases means that there is still underlying COVID-19 transmission in the community that has not been detected.
Perhaps the enforcement/penalties of the safe distancing and wearing of masks should remain - wearing of masks is mandatory once out of house i.e. in school, at work, etc. Crowd control and 1m distance queuing in all shops.
I love mister Wong so gentle and kind in his way of speaking i like all his videos
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