SINGAPORE - With the death toll from the Wuhan virus jumping, and over 2,000 people infected so far, Singapore's multi-ministry task force set up to fight the infectious disease on all fronts here is implementing new measures, from compulsory leave for some people returning from China, to enhanced screening and checks, in efforts to prevent the virus from taking hold in the country.
At a press conference attended by several fourth-generation ministers on Monday morning, taskforce co-chair, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong, stressed that the Government would spare no effort to keep Singaporeans safe. The latest figures from Hubei, the epicentre of the contagion, would put the nationwide total of confirmed infections at more than 2,300, based on figures previously released by the central government.
So far, 66 people have been quarantined in Singapore, either in their homes, if they are Singaporean, or at allocated government facilities such as chalets and university hostels, which can accommodate about 1,000 people. Manpower Minister Josephine Teo emphasised the important role employers played in keeping workers safe, by familiarising themselves with advisories being issued and updated.
Sure stop children from going to school but keep letting the Chinese come in and spread the virus....
Chinatown counts or not?
Pity they haven't shown the same concern about exporting the disease to other countries, allowing the family of a suspected nCoV case to leave for Malaysia and only informing the Malaysians after the diagnosis had been confirmed and they were already in Malaysia.
.Singapore should either shut the 2 casinos, MBS & RWS, that are very popular with Chinese visitors or use them as quarantines centres for them...and win win
They have been lying all along, deaths are anticipated near the 10k mark. wwg1wga