{"id":2146,"date":"2020-04-24T16:36:34","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T08:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pacificprime.sg\/blog\/?p=2146"},"modified":"2023-08-04T17:08:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T09:08:05","slug":"covid-19-lockdown-extended-singapore-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacificprime.sg\/blog\/covid-19-lockdown-extended-singapore-june\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 lockdown extended in Singapore until June 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Singapore will extend its COVID-19 lockdown measures for another four weeks to June 1, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, announced on April 21. This comes after two weeks of Singapore going into a virtual lockdown that was meant to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Singapore confirmed 1,037 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday (Apr 23), taking the national total to 11,178. This was the fourth day in a row that Singapore has reported a daily increase of more than 1,000 cases.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Singapore COVID-19 lockdown extension<\/span><\/h2>\n

Singapore has had a low record of cases until the end of March 2020. The Lion City managed to do that by introducing strict <\/span>measures to combat the COVID-19 outbreak<\/span><\/a> since the very beginning of the pandemic, which included <\/span>travel restrictions<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>social distancing measures<\/span><\/a>, and fast health services response.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While Singapore won early praise for its efforts and avoided taking stronger steps to limit public movement, the city-state has all but ground to a halt since measures were put in place early this month. This due to the new community outbreaks in the dormitories of foreign workers that skyrocketed the number of cases in the city-state. From April 5, <\/span>Singapore put quarantine measures for foreign workers<\/span><\/a>, but it seems it hasn’t stopped the virus spread. The lockdown which was set to expire on May 4 is now officially extended until June 1.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Singapore COVID-19 tighter lockdown measures and extension of the circuit breaker<\/span><\/h2>\n

With the announcement of the COVID-19 \u2018<\/span>circuit breaker<\/span><\/a>\u2019 period being extended to June 1, the restrictions are expected to be even tighter. Here\u2019s what you need to know.<\/span><\/p>\n

Essential services that are allowed to operate on-site have been tightened.<\/span><\/h3>\n

The number of businesses allowed to operate at their work premises will be reduced, especially businesses that are less critical for daily living or to maintain essential supply chains. For example, all hairdressing salons, and standalone outlets that only sell beverages, packaged snacks, confectioneries, or desserts are now closed. So what will continue to operate?<\/span><\/p>\n