Singapore to ease virus curbs, resume activities

Bloomberg

Singapore will this week further relax restrictive measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus, with the government assessing the situation in the country to be under control.
After June 18 at 11:59 pm, most activities will be allowed to resume subject to safe distancing principles, according to a press release from the Ministry of Health on Monday.
Small social gatherings of up to five people can take place, while individuals must maintain a distance of at least one metre at all times.
The move to enter the second phase of a three-phased easing of lockdown measures, put in place in early April, comes amid improved conditions in the city-state. The number of cases
in heavily-impacted foreign worker dormitories has dropped and community infection rates have remained stable, while there are no new large clusters emerging.
“Do not treat Phase Two as a signal that we can all relax,” Minister of National Development Lawrence Wong, who co-chairs the virus taskforce, said. “I think if we were to take that kind of mindset, attitude, it will be very easy for Phase Two to end up with a surge in cases.”
Even though the vast majority of activities will be allowed to resume at the start of Phase Two, the resumption of a number of activities will take more time.