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The Elections Department (ELD) did its best to keep voters safe on Polling Day and it is too early to say if infections would occur as a result of voters having to wait in line for upwards of an hour in some places, said National Development Minister Lawrence Wong yesterday.
“Whether or not anything happens after this, whether there will be any cases emerging, we will not know now… So I think let’s not jump to the conclusion just because we see queues forming,” said Mr Wong.
“Queues form everywhere, not just when people go and cast the vote. Queueing per se is not an activity that will necessarily cause the transmission of the virus.”
The voting process in the election on July 10 could have been lengthened because of the extra precautions that had to be taken.
Mr Wong said the ELD did its best in implementing safety measures, such as providing hand sanitisers and spacing voters out.
He also said the crowds of people who gathered in some places to celebrate as results came in may have put themselves and others at risk of contracting Covid-19.
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