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SINGAPORE: A national digital registration system that allows contact trackers to quickly find close contacts of infected cases will be mandatory for places where people are likely to be close for prolonged periods of time, in confined spaces and in places with high traffic .
This includes workplaces such as offices and factories, supermarkets and, over time, they will also be implemented in taxis.
The Ministry of Health released this update to the system, called SafeEntry, on Saturday (May 9), adding a list of types of facilities and businesses that resume operations on May 12 that need to have SafeEntry to register employers and visitors. entering and leaving their premises
The registration system, developed by the Government Technology Agency, is part of broader safe management practices and technologies that individuals and businesses must use so that normal activities can be resumed safely and gradually.
Measures have been implemented to reduce the risk of Covid-19 transmission as activities progressively resume throughout the Republic.
SafeEntry has currently been implemented in more than 16,000 locations.
The list of locations that need to have SafeEntry in place are:
• Work places such as offices and factories.
• Schools and educational institutes.
• Preschoolers
• Health centers such as hospitals, clinics and traditional Chinese medicine clinics.
• Residential care facilities, such as nursing homes
• Hairdressers and barbers.
• supermarkets
• Selected popular wet markets (Geylang Serai Market, Block 104/105 Yishun Ring Road (Chong Pang Market), Block 20/21 Marsiling Lane and Block 505 Jurong West Street 52)
• Malls
• Hotels
The Health Ministry said the existing list will be updated on this website as more activities and services resume.
SafeEntry will also progressively roll out to taxis starting May 12 to support contact-localization efforts for hail travel, the health ministry said.
Travelers must scan the QR codes SafeEntry implemented in taxis when making such trips.
The Health Ministry added that retail outlets where customers are unlikely to be around for an extended period of time, such as pharmacies, convenience stores, and heart supply stores, are encouraged, but not required, to implement SafeEntry for clients.
The ministry said food and beverage establishments will not be required to implement SafeEntry for customers as they are only open for delivery and takeaway services.
Both retail and food and beverage businesses must implement SafeEntry for employees, which extends to all workplaces, and strictly comply with other safe management measures, such as social distancing.
The Ministry of Human Resources has also released more details on safe management measures that employers should implement in various workplace settings, including offices, common meeting and rest areas, factories, customer-facing environments, and transportation.
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