Singapore may lift its circuit breaker when community cases fall to zero or single digits over a sustained period, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said in Parliament on Monday (May 4) in a ministerial statement on the COVID-19 pandemic. “For any reopening of our borders, we are likely to start small and selectively, and to continue to impose a mix of isolation and test requirements, to protect ourselves from new imported cases leading to community spread,” he said. Read more: https://cna.asia/2KYFuhe
Health Minister Gan Kim Yong refuted comments that Singapore has reduced COVID-19 testing among migrant workers. In a news conference, he explained Singapore’s testing approach to determine the extent of COVID-19 infection in foreign worker dormitories, adding that 21,000 workers living in dormitories have been tested so far. Read more: https://cna.asia/2KDlTD4
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