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"TO USE POLICE FOR CONTACT TRACING IN THIS MANNER OF INVESTIGATING IS QUITE UNIQUE TO SINGAPORE," SAYS CHONG JA IAN, AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE.
SINGAPORE - THE REPUBLIC HAS CONFIRMED 32 NEW CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS, INCLUDING 24 IMPORTED CASES, THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH (MOH) SAID ON THURSDAY (MARCH 19).
“THE INDIAN HIGH COMMISSION IN SINGAPORE IS IN TOUCH WITH US, BUT THEY EXPRESSED THEIR INABILITY TO DO ANYTHING UNLESS THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT GAVE PERMISSION TO FLY INTO INDIA. WE ARE WORRIED THAT WE WILL BE DEPORTED TO MANILA AS WE ARE ON A TRANSIT VISA IN SINGAPORE,” MS. MANASA SAID. MEANWHILE, A 55-YEAR-OLD INDIAN WOMAN WHO HAD COME FROM NEW ZEALAND, AND WAS HEADING TO INDIA TOO GOT STUCK IN SINGAPORE ALONG WITH THE STUDENTS.
“WE (BOTH COUNTRIES) HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT AND DISCUSSING THIS ... THE PRIME MINISTER HAS ALSO SPOKEN WITH SINGAPORE"S PRIME MINISTER, AND I HAVE TALKED TO SINGAPORE"S DEFENCE MINISTER AND OTHER SENIOR MINISTERS," SAID MR ISMAIL SABRI, WHO IS ALSO DEFENCE MINISTER.
PETALING JAYA: SOME MALAYSIANS WHO DO MENIAL JOBS IN SINGAPORE HAVE BEEN FORCED TO MAKE AN MRT STATION THEIR HOME, AFTER DECIDING TO STAY PUT IN THE CITY-STATE FOLLOWING TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS BY PUTRAJAYA WHICH BAR THEM FROM RETURNING TO SINGAPORE TO WORK FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
SINGAPORE: THE WORLD IS COMING TO GRIPS WITH THE SARS-COV-2 PANDEMIC THAT BEGAN LAST YEAR IN CHINA AND IS NOW SWEEPING THE GLOBE.
ACCORDING TO THE STATEMENT, SAMANT ALSO SPOKE TO TANVI BODAS, A STUDENT STRANDED IN SINGAPORE, OVER PHONE AND ASSURED HER THAT THE STATE GOVERNMENT WAS MAKING ALL THE EFFORTS WITH THE CENTRE TO BRING BACK THE STUDENTS.
"HOWEVER, I AM AFRAID THIS IS NOW NOT POSSIBLE," SAID MR ONG, NOTING THE RISING INFECTIONS AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, WHICH RESULTED IN A SURGE IN IMPORTED CASES IN SINGAPORE.
D. IF YOUR CHILD/WARD IS A FULL-TIME STUDENT ATTENDING A PRESCHOOL, SCHOOL OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION IN SINGAPORE, YOUR CHILD/WARD MIGHT BE SUBJECTED TO DISCIPLINARY ACTION, INCLUDING SUSPENSION OR DISMISSAL.
GONE WERE THE CROWDS, THE BUMPER-TO-BUMPER TRAFFIC AND THE FRENETIC ACTIVITY, AS MALAYSIA"S LOCKDOWN KICKED IN ON WEDNESDAY MORNING (MARCH 18), AND THE LAND CHECKPOINTS BETWEEN SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA EMPTIED.
AFTER MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER MUHYIDDIN YASSIN ANNOUNCED A NATIONWIDE LOCKDOWN, A MASS EXODUS OF MALAYSIAN WORKERS WENT FROM SINGAPORE TO JOHOR BARU TO COLLECT THEIR CLOTHES AND THEN RUSH BACK HERE SO THEY CAN CONTINUE IN THEIR JOBS.
MALAYSIA’S CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN SENT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ITS CITIZENS, WHO COMMUTE DAILY TO SINGAPORE FOR WORK, INTO A FRENZY TO GET HOME TO RETRIEVE THEIR BELONGINGS AND RETURN TO THE NEIGHBORING CITY-STATE ON TUESDAY. THAT PROMPTED A SURGE IN SINGAPORE HOTEL BOOKINGS FROM SINGAPORE COMPANIES ON A LAST-MINUTE QUEST TO HOUSE THEIR AFFECTED EMPLOYEES FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
WHILE THE SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT ON TUESDAY SAID TEMPORARY HOUSING HAS BEEN MATCHED FOR 10,000 MALAYSIANS WISHING TO REMAIN WITHIN SINGAPORE DURING THE TWO-WEEK PERIOD, SINGAPORE EMPLOYERS HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED RUSHING TO FIND PLACES FOR THEIR MALAYSIAN EMPLOYEES TO STAY AND WITH MANY HOSTELS IN SINGAPORE SAYING THEY WERE FULLY BOOKED OUT TO HOUSE THESE EMPLOYEES.
CASE 240 IS A 27-YEAR-OLD MALE SINGAPORE PERMANENT RESIDENT, WHO HAD BEEN IN SPAIN FROM MAR 7 TO MAR 14. HE WAS CONFIRMED TO HAVE COVID-19 INFECTION ON MAR 16 MORNING, AND IS CURRENTLY WARDED IN AN ISOLATION ROOM AT NUH. HE IS LINKED TO CASE 229.
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN SINGAPORE LAST THURSDAY SAID IT WILL CONTINUE TO SUSPEND MASS IN LIGHT OF THE RISING NUMBER OF COVID-19 INFECTIONS IN SINGAPORE.
MELVIN IS AN EXCEPTION. "INITIALLY MY MOTHER WAS VERY AGAINST HER CHILDREN BEING HAWKERS BECAUSE OF THE LONG HOURS," HE SAYS. "SHE WANTED ME TO WORK IN AN OFFICE." WHEN HIS FATHER PASSED AWAY MELVIN COULDN"T BEAR TO THINK OF THE FAMILY BUSINESS CLOSING BUT THEY NOW TAKE HOME ONLY AROUND 6,000 SINGAPORE DOLLARS (US$4,200; £3,500) A MONTH BETWEEN THEM FOR A SIX-DAY WORKING WEEK.
RICH AND ORDERLY, SINGAPORE HAS SPENT YEARS BUILDING A PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM THAT INCLUDES DESIGNATED CLINICS FOR EPIDEMICS AND OFFICIAL MESSAGING URGING THE PUBLIC TO WASH THEIR HANDS OR SNEEZE INTO TISSUES DURING FLU SEASON. THE INFECTIOUS DISEASES ACT GIVES THE CITY-STATE WIDE LATITUDE IN PRIORITIZING THE COMMON GOOD OVER PRIVACY CONCERNS.

 

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