AT A GLANCE: What do the different Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (Dorscon) alert levels in Singapore mean for the public? 🚨 Read more:
The multi-ministry task force heading Singapore's pandemic response will also be stood down, task force co-chair Lawrence Wong said on Thursday .
Responding to a question about the review at a press conference, Mr Wong said the after-action report is not meant to “congratulate ourselves”. "There may be a need for the population to urgently receive boosters to ensure that we remain protected. Should this happen, we seek the support of everyone in Singapore to rally together again as we have over the past three years to overcome any new threat," said the ministry.
At this level, there is minimal disruption to daily life. For example, border screenings may be heightened and travel advice may be issued.The yellow alert — which Singapore is currently at due to the Covid-19 situation — is used if the disease is severe and spreads easily from person to person but is occurring outside of Singapore, or if the disease is spreading in Singapore is typically mild or being contained.
This is because the red alert means there are “uncontrollable outbreaks” and widespread community transmissions making contact tracing, containment and quarantine extremely difficult, said then-Health Minister Gan Kim Yong on April 3, 2020.Prior to Covid-19, Singapore raised the Dorscon status from yellow to orange on April 30, 2009 for Influenza A, also known as H1N1.
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