Despite the country's best efforts at containing the situation, Singaporeans must be mentally prepared that the number of cases from dormitories will continue to rise in the coming days or even the coming week or so before it starts to stabilise, National Development Minister Lawrence Wong said at a media conference yesterday.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Despite the country's best efforts at containing the situation, Singaporeans must be mentally prepared that the number of cases from dormitories will continue to rise in the coming days or even the coming week or so before it starts to stabilise, National Development Minister Lawrence Wong said at a media conference yesterday.
There is also a greater spread of the virus in dormitories due to the large number of workers living in close quarters, he added. "Many of the cases that tested positive in this category were, in fact, workers who have very mild symptoms or were well," he said.
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