This letter: A Way to Start Again
Explain to experts how business and finance are resuming, after a pandemic. We are shipped three times a week.
Opponents from the US to Australia and throughout Europe denounced the government’s interference with the Covid ban. But in Singapore, the population is growing rapidly.
The request is spreading in the city-state to bring in the right people to go abroad, although the Delta transition is already spreading, with a quarter of Singaporeans wanting to return to the embargo.
The Singapore government announced with high hopes in June that it would change its approach to “zero-Covid” instead learning to live with the virus.
His approach was set as an example to other countries looking for a better way the plague. But as cases mounted in August and September, fears began.
Officials responded this week by restoring the rights of citizens even though they exceeded the wealth by vaccinating 82% of the population.
With more than 2,000 daily cases, homework has become the norm as primary school students return to homework. For the next month, only two restaurants are allowed in restaurants and families can only accommodate two guests.
The election, which determines how many cities in Asia, many of which have survived deaths in the US and Europe last year, is still at stake. reopening their assets and limits.
Asian financial institutions such as Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo have struggled to find a balance between protecting their citizens and restoring their wealth.
The loss is reflected in the most recent Global Financial Center Index from September 24, which showed both Singapore and Hong Kong falling 25 points and Tokyo dropped 30 points. By comparison, New York fell only two points and London three.
Singapore’s economic downturn was unveiled again this week with the announcement that its population has shrunk by 4.1 percent to 5.45m, one of the lowest annual in the country’s history. The decline was led by a decrease of 10.7% in non-residents, in particular foreign workers and students.
But the dictatorship of Singapore, whose dictatorial regimes banned any protests, had reached far-flung cities in Asia.
The idea has created many needs for the city: raising public discord in government opinion.
“I have not seen in the 20 years that medical professionals or medical professionals speak in opposition to the government as they are in the process of dealing with cases,” said Jeremy Lim, of the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health at National University of Singapore.
Health workers have criticized the population-based testing effort after the government sent testing kits to every family, which resulted in nervous people having little or no medical knowledge.
According to the Ministry of Health, 98% – or 27,843 people – out of the 28,375 cases reported in the past 28 days had some minor deficiencies.
“Many see it as unreasonable to examine what it is,” Lim said. “Such proliferation is causing so much anxiety and anxiety. People are flooding hospitals and GP hospitals. This affects health workers because workers are isolated and wards are closed. ”
A doctor working at the city’s main hospital said he had to confirm a 20-year-old Singaporean woman who was diagnosed with Covid-19.
“People are really afraid of getting sick – many see it as their failure,” he said. “The patient did not just sit there but waited for the results as if he had been diagnosed with cancer.”
Nearly a quarter of people in Singapore heard the recent ban was tolerant, while more than half felt they were “right”, according to market research firm Milieu Insight this week. One quarter feels like they were too mature.
“What amazed me was the division of the people. There were a lot of people who were upset by this but the same amount contributed to more restrictions, “said Stephen Tracy, Milieu’s chief of staff.
A ask inviting all travelers to return for two weeks in private hotels or government locations that have signed up to about 3,000 people by Thursday. Singapore is releasing visitors from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Brunei and Germany from being suspended. Passengers from other countries, such as New Zealand and Australia, can isolate themselves for seven days. The cases brought by a sub-division of all cases, according to figures from the Ministry of Health.
However, some experts say that Singapore should be applauded for trying to do what no other country has done: a solution to the epidemic.
Dale Fisher, senior consultant for infectious diseases at National University Hospital in Singapore who also played a major role in the city’s response to Covid-19.
Governments need to “avoid continuing to lift restrictions because things can change quickly”, especially with many without vaccines in many parts of the world, Fisher added. “We believe this [approach] it is safe. ”