Singapore: Singapore cannot enter unlimited and silent locking, but also cannot “just let go and let things tore”, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, because the city country tried to overcome the negative impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“We have to travel to this road to live safely with Covid-19.
We want to get there as little as possible,” Lee said at the Facebook post on Saturday.
Singapore’s multi-ministry task unit announced on Saturday allw steps to open effectively from rich cities.
This includes requiring vaccination for all staff returning to work from January 1, 2022, and adding Sinovac China to a national vaccination program and expanding the recovery scheme of houses to certain pregnant women, the Straits Times reported newspaper.
The task force was chaired by jointly by the Minister of Trade and Industry, Bro Kim Yong, Minister of Finance Lawrence Wong and Health Minister Ong Ye Kung.
In his position, Lee highlighted the growth rate of weekly infection – The ratio of the case of the community in the past week for the previous week.
Two weeks ago, this figure was 1.5, meaning that the cases doubled about every two weeks.
Now standing at 1.15, meaning cases grow 15 per hour.
Sen every week.
It works for a double multiple case number every month.
If the ratio drops under the hospital one and Singapore and the situation of the intensive care unit remains stable, several steps can be issued, Lee said.
“Many of you have written to express your frustration about restrictions, while others voice worries that we open too fast!” He noted.
“I fully understand how you feel.
It is a long trip, and sustainable uncertainty and disturbance is difficult for all of us.” Certain sectors, such as the food and beverage industry, have a very difficult time, the prime minister explained.
The Singapore economy grew at 6.5 percent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2021, an estimate of the Ministry of Trade and the Industry said on October 14.
This is a slowdown from 15.2 percent year-on-year growth in the previous year quarter, when the economy continued to feel the tension of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In a quarter base in a seasonally adjusted quarter, Singapore GDP grew 0.8 percent in the third quarter, after a 1.4 percent contraction in the previous three months.
Apart from the affected tourism sector, construction, sea techniques and offshore are also very affected due to lack of labor because of the outbreak of infection among foreign workers, especially those who live in the dormitory, the Ministry of Trade and Industry said.
In the future, Lee urges everyone to continue their part and carry out social responsibility when Singapore works to live safely with a virus.
This includes taking vaccinations or booster doses when offered, because they reduce someone’s chances of being seriously ill, he said.
“Let’s continue to remain safe and continue to work together,” Lee added.
The Ministry of Health reported 3,598 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, which included 790 from the dormitory of migrant workers, and six deaths due to complications due to viruses.
Three hundred people have died of complications related to Coronavirus while 169,261 infections have been reported since the virus broke out here last year.