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SINGAPORE – Singapore expects the number of Covid-19 cases to increase when it allows more activities to resume and for this reason, it is moving cautiously despite the low number of cases in the community, the health minister said on Friday, Gan Kim Yong (May 15)
To help curb the increase, contact monitoring and quarantine efforts will be intensified to minimize the risk of large groups forming, he added in a virtual press conference.
The minister was answering a question about whether Singapore has “successfully flattened the curve” for community cases, or limited the number to the point that the health system is not overwhelmed.
The number of daily new cases in the community has decreased after peaking at 58 cases on April 8, one day after the breaker period began.
Mr. Gan attributes the slide primarily to the measurements of the circuit breaker.
This includes making people work from home and stopping most of the construction work in Singapore, he added.
But, he said, “As some of the circuit breaker measures decrease and relax, we are likely to see the number of community cases increase.
“We hope that if we do it carefully and we do it well, even as it increases, it will continue to increase slowly and remain under control.”
Otherwise, large groups can form again, he added.
“So the strategy is to do it carefully and slowly.”
Although more cases are expected in the community in the future, “we hope to avoid a large cluster or a sharp increase in the number of cases, which will then require us to reintroduce some of the circuit breaker measures.” . Gan said.
The director of medical services of the Ministry of Health, Kenneth Mak, added that it is up to everyone to do their part and not go out unnecessarily or have too close contact with people.
“We must be aware that these are risky activities that can potentially lead to group formation.”
He stressed that there will be no rest in battle.
“We are still committed to making sure we collect the cases, we will continue to isolate them, we will follow up on contacts just to make sure there is not a large group forming in the community,” he said.
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