Dear readers, since last year when Covid-19 broke out in Singapore, I have developed a habit to track the daily number of Covid-19 cases in Singapore. I track the daily tally so as to assess how the situation evolves in Singapore and also out of care and concern for our country. I am sure many of you feel the same way as well and look at the daily numbers.
This was why yesterday, since 6pm (when daily Covid-19 numbers for Singapore are usually released), I have been looking at my phone and laptop for news of the Covid-19 cases but they were not out even when I checked for this tally late at 10pm. I was about to sleep after 1130 hrs yesterday when I did a final check for the night and there the daily tally for yesterday was out: 450 local community cases!
I appreciate the work of the multi-ministry taskforce to combat Covid-19 and know that it is a challenging work. But yesterday’s numbers of 450 really seems to be on the high side. This is especially if we consider the 347 figure on 8 Sep 21: yesterday’s number was almost a 30% increase!
With more than 80% of Singapore’s population, I am not sure how the number of 450 community cases fit within this narrative. Because, my understanding is that with full vaccination, one’s possibility to contract Covid-19 is reduced and in the possibility of getting Covid-19, one who is fully vaccinated has a better probability of recovery. But yesterday’s number is the highest number of community cases in Singapore, if I recall, more than the time before Singapore was vaccinated (but that was when Singapore was mostly in Circuit Breaker mode).
One simple way to explore reducing Covid-19 cases now, which I have shared before on this website, without disrupting the F&B sector again is to have Work-From-Home (WFH) as default mode of working again, for now. WFH will reduce daily movements, daily interactions at public places and high touchpoint areas.
WFH now and assess whether further tightening measures are to be taken next.