Another warning of scams related to COVID-19:

[Sent by Gov.sg – 3 Mar]

COVID-19: Beware of contact tracing scams

To verify the authenticity of a contact tracing call:
1. Take down the caller’s ID number
2. Call MOH’s general hotline at 63259220 and provide them the caller’s ID number
3. If the call is authentic, the contact tracing team will call you back within 30 mins to 1 hour

To provide information related to scams, call the Police hotline at 1800-255-0000, or submit online at www.police.gov.sg/iwitness

🔘 MOH will not ask for your financial details when conducting contact tracing
🔘 MOH will not divulge any details of confirmed cases
🔘 MOH will not ask you to collect documents from them

🖥 Refer to official sources for information, such as www.moh.gov.sg and go.gov.sg/covid-19

Update status on the number of confirmed cases and additional travel advisory:

[Sent by Gov.sg]

COVID-19: 3 Mar Update

As of 12pm:
New cases: 2
Total COVID-19 cases in Singapore: 110
Discharged today: 0
Total discharged: 78
Total remaining in Hospital: 32

1 new case is linked to a known cluster, contact tracing is underway for the other case.

Most in hospital are stable or improving. 7 are in the ICU.

Go.gov.sg/moh3mar

With more cases overseas, the number of cases in Singapore is expected to increase

Latest Travel Advisory

🛫 Outgoing: Singaporeans are advised to defer all travel to Hubei Province in China, and non-essential travel to:
– Mainland China
– Iran
– Northern Italy
– Japan
– Republic of Korea

🛬 Incoming: Mainland China, Iran, Northern Italy, Republic of Korea
– From 4 Mar 2359h, all new visitors who have been to these countries in the last 14 days will not be allowed into, or transit through Singapore
– Returning residents and long-term pass holders will be placed on Stay-Home Notice upon their return
More: go.gov.sg/travel3mar

Stay vigilant and safe everyone!

I encountered this error when trying to invoke a data retrieval method of a third-party web service. The method supposed to return us a ZIP file. The full error message is:

The maximum message size quota for incoming messages (65536) has been exceeded.
To increase the quota, use the MaxReceivedMessageSize property on the appropriate binding element.

It means the response given by the web service is too big, exceeding the default response length limit which is 65536 bytes ( 64 KB ).

In order to fix this problem, we need to open our web.config / app.config and find section which contains the web service reference. It should be something similar to:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
    <system.serviceModel>
        <bindings>
            <basicHttpBinding>
              <binding name="EntitySoap">
                <security mode="Transport" />
              </binding>              
            </basicHttpBinding>
        </bindings>
        <client>
            <endpoint address="https://mywebsite.com/WebServices/DataService.asmx"
                binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="EntitySoap" 
                contract="MyNamespace.EntitySoap" name="EntitySoap" />
        </client>
    </system.serviceModel>
</configuration>

Now we need to specify the new limit for the response length. As the error message suggested, we do it by adding maxReceivedMessageSize property to binding tag. In the example below, I don’t know what the maximum file size would be. So I set it to the maximum value permitted, which is the max value of int ( 2 GB ):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
    <system.serviceModel>
        <bindings>
            <basicHttpBinding>
              <binding name="EntitySoap" maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647">
                <security mode="Transport" />
              </binding>              
            </basicHttpBinding>
        </bindings>
        <client>
            <endpoint address="https://mywebsite.com/WebServices/DataService.asmx"
                binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="EntitySoap" 
                contract="MyNamespace.EntitySoap" name="EntitySoap" />
        </client>
    </system.serviceModel>
</configuration>

That’s all folks. I hope it helps!

Updated measures for employee and employers:

[Sent by Gov.sg – 2 Mar]

COVID-19: Updated measures for employers and employees

With rising COVID-19 cases abroad, employers should:
– Check www.moh.gov.sg for updates, to decide on travel plans
– Obtain health and travel declaration for employees who have been to or are planning to go to affected regions (Hubei province, mainland China, Daegu city and Cheongdo county in the Republic of Korea)

Employers should review and consider implementing relevant measures in their Business Continuity Plans, e.g.
– Split teams
– Work from home if feasible
– Temperature screening for employees/visitors
– Defer/cancel non-essential large-scale events; take precautions if proceeding

More:
🔘 go.gov.sg/mom-29febtravel
🔘 go.gov.sg/mom-27feb

Update on number of confirmed and discharged cases:

[Sent by Gov.sg]

COVID-19: 2 March Update

As of 12pm:
New cases: 2
Total COVID-19 cases in Singapore: 108
Discharged today: 4
Total discharged: 78
Total remaining in Hospital: 30

1 new case is linked to a known cluster, the other is linked to a previous case.

Most in hospital are stable or improving. 6 are in the intensive care unit – 1 less than yesterday.

Go.gov.sg/moh2mar

Stay safe everyone!