COVID-19: Use of community care facilities to be stepped up – Ong Ye Kung

Delivering his Ministerial Statement, Ong spoke about the shifts in healthcare protocols and collective psychology in the pandemic.

As such, given the current rate of vaccinations, the authorities have started to take the first transition step to remodel the healthcare protocols. With this change, up to 60 per cent of infected cases are expected to recover in community care facilities, instead of in acute care. In the next phase, perhaps 80 per cent can be admitted to community care facilities, and some can even recover at home, Ong added.

There will also be greater use of home quarantine, Ong said. For fully vaccinated persons under quarantine, they can now serve their quarantine at home instead of at a government quarantine facility, provided that their home is suitable for isolation. A second shift is a greater acceptance of differentiated safe management measures, between those who are vaccinated and those who are not, according to Ong.

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