An Overview of How Singapore is Coping With COVID-19
Earlier in March 2020, Singapore was getting fewer than ten new COVID-19 cases a day.
However, in the latter half of the month, we experienced a spike in cases — more than 50 cases daily.
Despite stringent contact tracing, the authorities have found that nearly half of the infected cases are untraceable.
This suggests that more people out there might be affected but have not been identified as COVID-19 carriers.
To make matters worse, there have also been new clusters in foreign worker dormitories and nursing homes.
And this is worrying because these are places with large numbers who live together.
So a single case can quickly lead to a large cluster.
Overall, this is worrying because we have crossed the thousand mark for Singaporeans infected with COVID-19.
As such, there is a need for a circuit breaker measures to...