Getting out
Apr. 21st, 2020 01:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
... PM Lee said that to exit the circuit breaker, three things must be done.
First, Singapore must open up incrementally, making sure that the country is safe each step of the way. This is what New Zealand and Germany are beginning to do very cautiously, he said.
Singapore must also scale up testing substantially, to quickly detect any new cases that pop up.
"This we are progressively doing, not only by procuring test kits and equipment from other countries, but also by developing and manufacturing our own test kits."
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The country must also make full use of IT so that contact tracing can take place much more efficiently.
"For these to work, we will need everyone's cooperation to install and use these apps, like what the South Koreans have done.
https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/prime-minister-lee-hsien-loong-to-address-nation-on-covid-19-situation-at-5pm