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SINGAPORE – Singapore will have to change the way it handles Covid-19 patients, as the recent surge in infections is stretching the capacity of the healthcare system, said interviewed experts on Thursday (April 16).
Associate Professor Hsu Liyang of the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health said more foreign workers will continue testing positive in the coming days, as those who had contracted it before being re-housed according to safe distancing measures start falling sick.
Prof Hsu, who is both an infectious diseases expert and an epidemiologist, said the spread of Covid-19 in dormitories “must be slowed or else there is a high chance that our hospitals will be overwhelmed whatever we do”.
His colleague and vice-dean of research at the school, Associate Professor Alex Cook, added: “We could easily see 10,000 to 20,000 cases by the end of the month if we do not put in place fast and effective measures ensuring actual safe distancing among the workers currently in the dorms.”
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