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SINGAPORE – The place where people are getting infected with Covid-19 has changed since the phase two reopening on June 19.
Workplace infections have risen from 22 per cent before phase two, to 36 per cent now.
Prior to that, 71 per cent of linked community cases were infected at home. This has dropped to 41 per cent between June 19 and July 5.
At a multi-ministry task force press conference on Tuesday (July 7), National Development Minister Lawrence Wong said of workplace transmissions: “That’s one area where all of us can do our part to reduce transmission further.”
He urged people who can work from home to continue to do so and for employers to allow this “to further reduce transmission”.
He said: “Anecdotally, I hear some people saying that their bosses are now asking them to go back to work. Well, that should not be the case.
“Employers should still have their staff work from home. They should only come back to the office to work if there’s a clear and demonstrable need to do so because employees need to use some specialised equipment or machinery at work.”
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