PM Lee says there are still too many public gatherings
Recent background to this is:
- Singapore initially dramatically slowed the outbreak
- but there has been recent rises in locally transmitted cases
- +142 new infections were reported on Wednesday
- 40 of the cases linked to foreign worker dormitories
New lock down measures were announced Tuesday this week, for a month.
- only businesses providing essential services (eg.health care, food, utilities) will operate for the next month
- Schools and universities moved to online learning-only on Wednesday
Like I said in that first bullet above, initial responses in SG were successful, but now a fresh wave. This has lessons for other countries, this is not a one-time success thing, as restrictions are eased new cases rise again.
