Singapore ‘nudging’ in right direction with drop in unlinked cases over past two weeks: Ong Ye Kung

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SINGAPORE: More than two weeks after Singapore entered a heightened alert phase to reduce the spread of COVID-19, things are “nudging” in the ...

SINGAPORE: More than two weeks after Singapore entered a heightened alert phase to reduce the spread of COVID-19, things are “nudging” in the right direction, said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung on Monday .

READ: Singapore 'on track' to bring COVID-19 outbreak under control; curbs may be eased after Jun 13: PM LeeOf those, 57 per cent were linked cases who had already been quarantined, Mr Ong said. Another 21 per cent were also linked to previous cases, but not quarantined, said Mr Ong, citing the example of those who were detected through a special testing operation for people who visited the Jem/Westgate cluster. Twenty-two per cent were unlinked.

“The more we can shift this number away to linked cases or better still, linked and quarantined cases, the lesser will be the spread of the disease, and the more we can bring the overall number down and suppress this wave of transmission,” he said.

 

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Please protect Taiwan and India, China is going to look for war as a distraction.

So it’s official to the world (thru media) that it’s Singaporeans are at fault for the current outbreak and NOT the MTF who left borders wide-open for “South Asians” to spread the “Indian Variant” in Singapore!!!

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