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The multi-ministry task force on Covid-19 will “continue to look at” loosening restrictions on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) halls, Health minister Gan Kim Yong said at Monday’s (May 4) Parliament sitting after Nee Soon MP Lee Bee Wah pressed for an explanation on why dessert shops were allowed to resume operations before certain TCM shops.
Lee’s queries came in the wake of the government’s announcement that TCM needle acupuncture would be allowed from May 5, but only for pain management. Other therapies such as cupping, tuina, guasha and moxibustion are still not permitted under the circuit breaker rules.
TCM halls with a resident registered TCM practitioner will also be allowed to sell retail products from May 5.
However, many neighbourhood TCM retail stores do not have registered TCM practitioners, Lee explained.
Addressing Gan in Mandarin, Lee posed the question of why TCM retail shops were required to close while pharmacies were allowed to remain open during the circuit breaker period.
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