Popular Geylang Serai Bazaar Tentatively Slated To Continue Despite Covid-19 Outbreak SItuation

As the world cowers before the Thanos-level threat that’s Covid-19, I sit in my man cave in my pink-spotted boxers and meditate under my Aunt Matilda’s saliva-tainted waterfall.

“The one at peace…” I breathed. “Shall win.”

“There are thousands of deaths now!” my Aunt Matilda yelled from the living room.

Peace.

“The Covid-19 has been declared a pandemic by WHO!”

“Who?”

“WHO!”

“Yeah I know, who?”

“WHO, YOU DUMBASS. WHO. LITERALLY WHO.”

“Oh.”

Peace.

“Geylang Bazaar will have 500 stalls instead of its usual 800 because of the virus!”

My eyes flashed.

I can stomach anything, from the rise of the scorching sun to the unfortunate death of my Uncle Silva, who insists that he’s Chinese even though he has blue eyes and hairy armpits. But to have my favourite Geylang Bazaar suffering in silence?

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Geylang Bazaar Still On Despite Covid-19 Outbreak

The introductory paragraph might’ve been needlessly long, but the gist holds true:

The Geylang Bazaar will still be on amidst the whole Covid-19 hubbub, but it has been compromised in order to accommodate newly-enforced safety rules.

According to Berita Harian (BH), the bazaar’s organisers will be required to provide daily cleaning services and temperature screenings of stall vendors.

Stalls will have to be grouped into clusters, with each cluster comprising four stalls. The stalls will also have to be situated 10 metres apart, as compared to the 6 to 8-metre distance in previous years.

As a result of the newly-tweaked regulations, the Geylang Bazaar will only be able to accommodate 500 stalls, a far cry from its previous tally of 800.

But Everything’s Not Set In Stone Just Yet

For one, this year’s bazaar is still awaiting a new bidder for the tender.

Bidding will close at 4:00 p.m. on Monday (16 March).

According to MustShareNews, potential bidders are worried about the current Covid-19 situation, as well as the extra costs incurrable from the additional safety measures.

Not the luckiest of times for anyone, really.

And for two, it’s yet to be certain whether the bazaar will close, should the government opt to upgrade the Dorscon level from orange to red.

Trying times, indeed.

Nevertheless, BH has stated that the event will go on from 18 April till 24 May 2020, so we should just keep our fingers crossed that things don’t change.

But on a side note, please refrain from going if you’re feeling unwell.

The last thing we want is a cluster case hailing from Geylang Bazaar.