Emphasizing Circuit Breaker measure for markets and hawker centres:

[Sent by Gov.sg – 8 Apr]

COVID-19: Circuit breaker measures at hawker centres and markets

– Keep at least 1m away from others
– SG Clean Ambassadors will be there to assist

At hawker centres
🍽 Dining in not allowed
🥡 Take-aways or food deliveries only
♻ Bring your own container

At markets
🧺 Buy only what you need
⏰ Try to visit on weekdays and avoid peak periods (7.30-10am)
👵 Elderly should avoid going to markets. Others should shop for them

⛔ Non-compliance of measures is an offence – offenders will face fines or imprisonment
go.gov.sg/circuitbreaker-mewr

Support for S’poreans through COVID-19
🧮 Help with family expenses, social services: go.gov.sg/solidarity-families
📒 Saving jobs, aid for self-employed: go.gov.sg/solidarity-workers
📊Support for business costs and credit: go.gov.sg/solidarity-businesses

Update on the number of cases in Singapore:

[Sent by Gov.sg]

COVID-19: 8 Apr update

New cases: 142
– Imported: 2
– Local cases (linked): 68 (40 cases linked to clusters at foreign worker dorms; 28 linked to non-dorm clusters/cases)
– Pending contact tracing: 72

Total cases: 1,623
– Hospitalised: 669 (29 in ICU)
– In isolation, private hospitals*: 542
– Fatalities: 6
– Total discharged: 406 (Discharged today: 29)

More: go.gov.sg/moh8apr

*Patients doing well but still testing positive for the virus are moved to Community Isolation Facilities and private hospitals

Stay at home as much as possible

✅ Allowed:
– Visiting family members for daily needs, caring for elderly parents or informal childcare
– Exercise alone or with others who live with you in an open-air stadium, public park but keep at least 1 metre apart

❌ Not allowed
– Social gatherings with family/friends who do not live together (eg. private parties, gathering at HDB void deck)
– Dining out

Non-compliance
– Fine up to $10,000 and/or jail up to 6 mths

Government also gazetted a new law in 7 Apr 2020, COVID-19 (TEMPORARY MEASURES) ACT 2020. Under this act, you can go out of your residence, only if:

1. To go to work in essential business
2. To work in specified schools or child care centers
3. To send your child to childcare centers if you are an essential service staff
4. To care for disabled and elderly people
5. To buy essential items
6. To get medical attention
7. To exercise: go for a jog or a walk in open air environment. Keep safe distance from others
8. To enlist/book in for NSFs
9. To move house
10. To leave Singapore for urgent need. Be aware of previous Govt. rulings on this
11. To comply with the law: applied to those who need to go to the court, or enforcement officers to do their duties
12. To seek help or for emergency

Incidents of flouting this new law already reported in the news:

• https://mothership.sg/2020/04/woman-ang-mo-kio-dine-out/
• https://mothership.sg/2020/04/boon-keng-man-arrested-eating-outside/

Stay safe, stay healthy and stay home everyone!

A friend posted an unconfirmed image of COVID-19 patients condition in Mali in one of my WhatsApp groups. Unconfirmed because the source is twitter.

@phdparody

To help my friend to see if the image is fake, or maybe is from another incidents unrelated to COVID-19, I did a Google reverse Image search. But the result was disappointing.

Somehow Google thinks this image is Capybara! *facepalm*

But when I clicked on the “All sizes” hyperlink, Google shown that it already has this image.

There are two oldest images (3 days ago, Apr 5th 2020):

@muntumosi

and

@laurylndong

I also notice there are search results which are not from twitter and has no “age” super imposed on the thumbnail. After checking and translating them, I can confirm that this image is a COVID-19 hoax. The image is actually came from incident in Guinea (uploaded in March 24th 2020)

You can check the original image in below links (WARNING: may contains gory images)

1. https://conakrylemag.com/aujourdhui-nzerekore-se-rasume-a-aa/
2. http://www.guineepresse.info/index.php/15-actualites-guineennes/297-guinee-crimes-cibles-contre-les-populations-de-la-foret

That’s it folks! As always, stay safe and stay healthy everyone!

Circuit breaker is a serious business:

[Sent by Gov.sg – 7 Apr]

COVID-19: Take Circuit Breaker measures seriously

Circuit Breaker measures take effect from today till 4 May
➕ May be extended if situation is not brought under control

Stay at home

Only go out if:
👩‍⚕Going to work at essential services
🍜 Buying food (☝ remember to bring your own containers)
🥬 Buying groceries
🌳 Exercising at parks at safe distance

If your business is not among the list of essential services:
🔘 Work from Home 💯%
🔘 Stop work altogether
Check: go.gov.sg/circuitbreaker

Be socially responsible
For Circuit Breaker to work, all must cooperate

Stay at home. Protect yourself and your family. Save lives

Watch: go.gov.sg/circuitbreaker1

Update on the number of confirmed and discharged cases:

[Sent by Gov.sg]

COVID-19: 7 Apr update

New cases: 106
– Imported: 3
– Local cases (linked): 62 (39 cases linked to clusters at foreign worker dorms; 23 linked to non-dorm clusters)
– Pending contact tracing: 41

Total cases: 1,481
– Hospitalised: 627 (29 in ICU)
– In isolation, private hospitals*: 471
– Fatalities: 6
– Total discharged: 377 (Discharged today: 33)

More: go.gov.sg/moh7apr

*Patients doing well but still testing positive for the virus are moved to Community Isolation Facilities and private hospitals

Stay at home do the right thing
– Limit social contact to household members
– Don’t go out unless for essentials, go home as soon as you can
– Wear a mask if you have to go out
⛔ It is an offence to disobey safe distancing measures
– To our Seniors 👵👴: you are more vulnerable;
– For your safety, please stay home, avoid crowded places 🙏

go.gov.sg/circuitbreaker2

Stay safe, and stay healthy everyone!