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Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 11, 2020
Essential service workers can drop children off at grandparents’ home for caregiving arrangements
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SINGAPORE: Essential service workers are allowed to drop their children off at their grandparents’ home for caregiving arrangements, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Friday (Apr 10). The multi-ministry COVID-19 task force previously said that parents should not send their children to the care of their grandparents on a daily basis during the “circuit breaker” period. Advertisement Advertisement
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 4, 2020
COVID-19: Essential healthcare services to continue operating, other services to be scaled down
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SINGAPORE: All essential healthcare services will continue operating even after the enhanced safe-distancing measures requiring most workplaces to be shut kick in next Tuesday (Apr 7), the health ministry said on Saturday. All public and private acute hospitals, including offsite specialist clinics and offsite ambulatory surgical centres, as well as community hospitals, polyclinics, Public Health Preparedness
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 3, 2020
Essential businesses will stay open even as most workplaces are to close from next Tuesday
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SINGAPORE: Businesses in essential services, such as healthcare, transport, logistics and food and beverage (F&B), will continue operations when the enhanced safe distancing measures requiring most workplaces to be shut kick in next Tuesday (Apr 7). Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced the ramped up measures on Friday in his third address to the nation on
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 25, 2020
No reason to stockpile food, essential supplies amid tighter COVID-19 measures: Lawrence Wong
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SINGAPORE: Even though the country has tightened its measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, there is no need to stockpile food and other essential supplies, said National Development Minister Lawrence Wong. His comments came a day after a slew of initiatives – such as limiting gatherings outside of school and work and closing all
