Covid-19: Senior-centric activities suspended for 14 days; 6 new cases in Singapore

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TO REDUCE the risk of Covid-19 transmission among older residents, all senior-centric activities held by government agencies will be suspended for 14 days from March 11 to March 24, the Ministry of Health (MOH) announced on Tuesday. More social-distancing measures are also being considered by the multi-ministry taskforce on Covid-19. Read more at The Business Times.

But he noted that applying many measures at once would result in the country grinding to a halt, while introducing some too early could lead to fatigue and an inability to sustain them. The idea would be to apply appropriate measures from time to time as"circuit breakers", he said.

While additional border controls are not being ruled out, "border controls will become less relevant and effective" as Covid-19 spreads globally, because Singapore cannot simply shut itself off from the rest of the world, he added. There is thus a need to double-down on measures within Singapore. He also urged the public not to doctor-hop. Of the confirmed cases, 38 had visited more than one general practitioner. Eight of these patients had visited three or more.

 

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