The seating space at a meals centre is cordoned off to limit dining-in as a part of the most recent measures to curb the coronavirus illness (COVID-19) outbreak in Singapore July 23, 2021. REUTERS/Caroline Chia
SINGAPORE, Oct 20 (Reuters) – Singapore will lengthen its social curbs to comprise the unfold of COVID-19 for round a month with the intention to ease the stress on the healthcare system, the federal government mentioned on Wednesday.
The town-state in late September reimposed curbs that embody limiting social interactions and eating out to 2 individuals with the intention to sluggish virus transmission. Nevertheless, each day instances have continued to rise and hit a report 3,994 on Tuesday.
Whereas Singapore has vaccinated greater than 80% of its 5.45 million inhabitants, asymptomatic or delicate instances have been rising steadily, spreading the virus and mounting stress on hospitals and medical employees.
“Almost 90% of isolation beds in our hospital system have been crammed. Greater than two thirds of our ICU beds are already occupied,” mentioned Lawrence Wong, co-chair of the federal government’s virus taskforce, throughout a media briefing.
“It is not merely a matter of getting additional beds or buying new tools…our medical personnel are stretched and fatigued,” he added.
Reporting by Chen Lin; Enhancing by John Geddie
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