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03-16-20 08:06 #13675
Posts: 2344Originally Posted by HappyFkk [View Original Post]
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03-16-20 07:30 #13674
Posts: 97All clubs are closed from today until 19.04, at least
It's official since 15.03 18 h03. Some frontlines are closed for tourism. France in particular.
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03-16-20 03:30 #13673
Posts: 22419Originally Posted by McGrath [View Original Post]
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03-15-20 20:28 #13672
Posts: 483Originally Posted by ToyMan [View Original Post]
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03-15-20 17:25 #13671
Posts: 205Originally Posted by Sirioja [View Original Post]
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03-15-20 14:17 #13670
Posts: 22419Originally Posted by McGrath [View Original Post]
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03-15-20 13:13 #13669
Posts: 19For Your Info and reading (links are for reference only)
Originally Posted by ExpatLover [View Original Post]
Here is a summary of my perspective, for the benefit of my international friends.
In the early stages of the global outbreak, Singapore looked badly hit with 58 cases, the highest number outside of China. Till date, Singapore had zero deaths.
Here is what worked for Singapore:
1) Free Testing and Treatment.
In healthcare systems, there are 2 known barriers which prevents people from coming forward to be treated, "poverty penalty" and understanding how to navigate the healthcare system (and insurance pay outs). Singapore removed both barriers by allowing COVID19 tests and treatment to be free for Singaporeans and foreigners. Additionally, test results are received in 3 - 6 hours. (Kudos to Singapore's Veredus Laboratories for making portable COVID19 tests available since 01 Feb).
Currently, all COVID19 tests will continue to be paid by the Singapore government. Foreigners will have to bear the cost of COVID19 treatment in Singapore from 7 March onwards.
2) Serology Testings.
Current tests for COVID19 test looks for genetic materials of the virus in saliva, nasal, oral swabs using the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). However, these tests couldn't identify people who went through an infection, recovered and cleared the virus from their bodies.
Serology testing, on the other hand, looks for previous infection by detecting antibodies to the virus. This type of testing is invaluable for surveillance purpose.
Singapore adopted the Serology testing early in the fight. Together with the test results and contact tracing, it created an invaluable time-motion map to identify breakout clusters and implement community containment measures effectively.
3) GovTech used Whatsapp Chat to disseminate information to the population It also uses AI to translate information into our 4 national languages.
4) Collaboration between the Ministry of Health and the Police's Criminal Investigation Unit to do effective contact tracing.
(And other pointers raised by WEF, which you can read here https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/...id19-outbreak/).
The common refrain is "Singapore is a small country so it is easy to manage", but there were odds against Singapore:
A) High Human Traffic.
Singapore have a population of 6 million, but we have 65.6 million people transiting through our airport annually. In pre-COVID19 days, there was 180 K people passing through Singapore daily. The fact that Singapore had the highest number of cases outside of China during the early days of the outbreak, shows how vulnerable Singapore is to external factors.
B) Little Response Time.
Unlike the US and EU which are fighting the mass breakouts 2 months after COVID19 was first reported on 31 December 2019, Singapore had a shorter response time to roll out screening measures. The WHO declared COVID19 as a Public Health Emergency on 23 January. That same day, Singapore had her first confirmed case from a Chinese national who left Wuhan 1 day before the city's lockdown.
C) Densely Packed Population.
Singapore's densely packed housing estates meant human-to-human transmission could spread quickly through the community. Based on The World Bank's data, Singapore's population density is 7,796 people per km2. In comparison, Italy have 200 people per km2, South Korea have 515 people per km2 and Taiwan have 652 people per km2.
This is why effective contact tracing and fast quarantine was so critical to Singapore.
Travel restrictions and cities' lockdown are just one of many steps. Besides citizenry efforts (hand washing, self-imposed isolation), Singapore made wise decisions early in the fight to contain COVID19 spread. I'm sure the other Asian cities (Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau) made great steps too. Let's hope the world can pull through this, together.
Links:
1) COVID19 Tests within 3-6 hour.
(link: https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/ne...erson-infected).
2) https://www.gov.sg/article/how-a-bre...vid-19-cluster.
3) https://govinsider.asia/innovation/s...ducts-govtech/.
4) https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news...virus-12509492.
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03-15-20 12:49 #13668
Posts: 23Does anyone have news of Golden Time of Bruggen? Someone has been lately them if it's still open? If you can make the name of the top girls present please? Thank you.
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03-15-20 12:13 #13667
Posts: 205Artemis closed to 19/4. GoldenTime in Vienna closed from tomorrow. Expect more clubs to follow. Stay safe.
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03-15-20 04:31 #13666
Posts: 4759Originally Posted by ToyMan [View Original Post]
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03-14-20 20:28 #13665
Posts: 1385Originally Posted by NoTaWorry [View Original Post]
https://nypost.com/2020/03/13/restau...avirus-crisis/
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mta-say...us-11584033258
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/loca...virus/2324986/
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03-14-20 20:14 #13664
Posts: 1385We have an office in NYC and I heard what I heard from my co workers who take a bus into the city Weewauken. Those buses were empty as they told me. In our office, less than 5% showed up, rest worked from home. Notaworry reported what he saw, there are plenty of other reports from NYC, the most populated city in the nation. My condolences to the Italians so sick from this disease with the highest active infection rate and blocked from everywhere in EU.
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03-14-20 19:37 #13663
Posts: 537Originally Posted by NoTaWorry [View Original Post]
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03-14-20 15:21 #13662
Posts: 1138Originally Posted by NoTaWorry [View Original Post]
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03-14-20 12:50 #13661
Posts: 19Almost a full curfew
Originally Posted by CitizenKane [View Original Post]