Do you know that the very first COVID-19 case in Singapore was reported exactly one year ago, on 23 January 2020?
One year on, and everyone’s still looking at the number of new cases daily, and surprising…it’s a “happy anniversary”.
As of 12pm today (23 Jan), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 10 new cases of COVID-19 infection.
All of them are imported.
This brings the total number of cases in Singapore to 59,260.
Based on yesterday’s figures, the number of new cases in the community has increased from 2 cases in the week before to 21 cases in the past week. The number of unlinked cases in the community has also increased from 2 cases in the week before to 5 cases in the past week.
New Rules for Chinese New Year 2021
In order to further mitigate the risk of large community clusters arising from infections that spread within a household and through them to all their contact during the upcoming festive season, there will be a cap of 8 distinct visitors per household per day.
Basically, you can’t get 8 relatives to come to your house the morning, and then allow another 8 relatives to come in the afternoon after the first group has left.
In addition, individuals should also limit themselves to visiting at most two other households a day, as much as possible.
This new rule will take effect from 26 January 2021.
The maximum group size for social gatherings outside the house will remain at 8 people for now. That said, everyone should keep their social circle small instead of mixing with multiple social groups.
If you’re going to lohei, there’s a new rule, too.
Face masks must be worn during the tossing of yusheng, and that the lohei should be done without any verbalisation of the usual auspicious phrases. F&B establishments and enterprises serving lohei must ensure that both the staff and patrons comply with these requirements.
Yes, I know what you’re thinking: lohei without shouting is akin to having burgers without fries, but this rule is to ensure that we don’t raise our voice.
For reunion dinners, the usual rules apply.
In addition, MOH has encouraged us to connect digitally this CNY instead of going for the usual physical visits.
Featured Image: Rajaraman Arumugam / Shutterstock.com (Image is for illustration purpose only)
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