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SINGAPORE – Singapore can consider further easing strict circuit breaker measures if the coronavirus situation improves by June 1, said Health Minister Gan Kim Yong on Monday (May 4).
For this to happen, community cases would have to remain low or drop further, while cases in migrant worker dormitories would need to come “clearly under control”.
The country will also need to drastically ramp up its capacity to test for the virus before the economy can restart, he said, adding that there are plans to increase testing capacity to 40,000 tests a day, up from the current 8,000 now.
In his ministerial statement, Mr Gan listed three factors that the Government will consider before lifting circuit breaker measures.
First, community transmission must be stopped or be very low. Cases among migrant workers in dormitories must also be reduced, or the country will risk a spillover from this group into the wider population, he said.
The Government will also assess the global situation, as well as that in individual countries to see the rate of transmissions and what they have done to contain the spread of Covid-19.
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