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SINGAPORE – All social activities for seniors organised by government agencies will be suspended for 14 days from Wednesday (March 11), as Singapore ramps up measures to protect the group particularly vulnerable to Covid-19.
This comes amid a growing number of infections linked to a Chinese New Year dinner at Safra Jurong – currently Singapore’s largest coronavirus cluster with 36 cases – attended by many senior citizens.
The suspension will affect courses and activities at community centres and residents’ committees in areas like music, drama, dance, exercise, basic IT and career development.
The People’s Association (PA), which runs many of these programmes, said the suspension will affect 2,600 classes and 11,000 activities attended by about 290,000 participants.
In addition to temperature taking and health and travel advisories, the PA will also progressively implement measures for all activities.
It will reduce the number of participants per activity to ensure sufficient space between them, adjust the rigour of activities to minimise contact and exertion, and shorten the duration to minimise exposure.
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