Singapore had a tough time with the coronavirus outbreak, which means the entertainment industry was hit hard. It was one of the first countries outside mainland China to confirm a Covid-19 case, recording its earliest case on Jan. 23, 2020, the same day that Wuhan, China, was locked down.
Rapid border control and quarantine measures quickly slowed the import of a large numbers of cases, and local transmission at first seemed containable.
But April shattered Singapore’s exemplary status, as the disease took root in cramped dormitories that are home to large numbers of migrant workers. Daily case numbers leaped from low double digits to over 1,000 per day and the country imposed stay-at-home orders, known locally as a “circuit breaker.”
For a period, tiny Singapore had more cases than vastly larger Southeast Asian neighbors Indonesia and The Philippines, and months later Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong admitted to shortcomings and missteps, and to “wisdom after the fact.
Rapid border control and quarantine measures quickly slowed the import of a large numbers of cases, and local transmission at first seemed containable.
But April shattered Singapore’s exemplary status, as the disease took root in cramped dormitories that are home to large numbers of migrant workers. Daily case numbers leaped from low double digits to over 1,000 per day and the country imposed stay-at-home orders, known locally as a “circuit breaker.”
For a period, tiny Singapore had more cases than vastly larger Southeast Asian neighbors Indonesia and The Philippines, and months later Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong admitted to shortcomings and missteps, and to “wisdom after the fact.
- 10/11/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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