Transition Phase to COVID-19 Resilience

 Here are the measures from 26 April 2022:

gather 

SOCIAL GATHERINGS

• No group size limit.

visiting 

HOUSEHOLD VISITS

• No limit on the number of visitors per household.

• Unvaccinated should exercise caution, reduce movement, stay at home as much as possible.

mask 

MASK WEARING

• Only required for indoor settings, optional for outdoor settings but encouraged.

safe-distancing-01 

SAFE DISTANCING

• Not required between individuals or between groups.

workplace 

WORKPLACES

• All employees may return to the workplace.

• Unmasking allowed at workplace if one is not interacting physically with others and when not in customer-facing areas. 

• Workforce Vaccination Measures lifted. See MOM’s advisory.

Shopping-Centre

VACCINATION-DIFFERENTIATED SMMs (VDS)

• VDS will be removed from all settings, except for events with >500 participants at any one time, nightlife establishments where dancing among patrons is one of the intended activities, F&B establishments, bars and karaoke establishments.

Shopping-Centre 

SHOPPING MALLS & LARGE STANDALONE STORES

• No capacity limit. Entry allowed regardless of vaccination status.

dining 

F&B ESTABLISHMENTS, COFFEESHOPS & HAWKER CENTRES, BARS, KARAOKE ESTABLISHMENTS

• All vaccinated^: All vaccinated^: No group size limit.

• Unvaccinated: No dining-in.

exercise 

EXERCISE, IN-PERSON TUITION & ENRICHMENT CLASSES

• No group or class size limit.

Spa 

PERSONAL CARE SERVICES (MASSAGE PARLOURS, SPAS, SAUNAS AND HAIR SALONS)

• Masks may be removed for facials and saunas.

Cinema 

CINEMAS

• No safe distancing required between individuals or groups.

Sports-Event 

ATTRACTIONS, SHOWS, LIVE PERFORMANCES, MICE, SPORTS EVENTS

• No capacity limit for all settings/events. If >500 attendees, all must be fully vaccinated.

• Performers or speakers may be unmasked, including for singing or playing of wind instruments at live performances.

*For Cruises, please note that cruise operators currently require passengers to be fully vaccinated. Please check with your cruise operator for details.

pray 

CONGREGATIONAL & WORSHIP SERVICES

• No capacity limit. If >500 attendees, all must be fully vaccinated.

• Performers or speakers may be unmasked, including for singing or playing of wind instruments at live performances.

• Congregational singing and chanting is allowed, provided attendees are mask-on in line with indoor masking requirement.

Hotels 

HOTELS

• Number of persons per room is subject to the room’s maximum capacity.

Museum 

MUSEUMS & PUBLIC LIBRARIES

• Entry allowed regardless of vaccination status.

weddings 

MARRIAGE SOLEMNISATIONS

• No capacity limit. If >500 attendees, all must be fully vaccinated.

• Home solemnisations: No limit on the number of non-resident visitors to the home.

reception 

WEDDING RECEPTIONS

• No capacity limit. If >500 attendees, all must be fully vaccinated.

Funeral 

FUNERALS

• No capacity limit.

• Home funerals: No limit on the number of non-resident visitors to the home

Source: https://www.moh.gov.sg/covid-19-phase-advisory

Workplace Safety and Health (COVID-19 Safe Workplace) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2022

WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT 2006

WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH

(COVID-19 SAFE WORKPLACE)

(AMENDMENT NO. 4) REGULATIONS 2022

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 65(1) of the Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006, the Minister for Manpower makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations are the Workplace Safety and Health (COVID‑19 Safe Workplace) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2022 and come into operation on 26 April 2022.

Amendment of regulation 2

2.  In regulation 2(2) of the Workplace Safety and Health (COVID‑19 Safe Workplace) Regulations 2021 (G.N. No. S 992/2021) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations), delete “(except Part 3)”.

Amendment of regulation 3

3.  In regulation 3 of the principal Regulations —

(a) in paragraph (1), delete the definitions of “approved vaccine”, “cleared status (general)”, “recovered individual”, “unvaccinated against COVID‑19 infection”, “vaccinated against COVID‑19 infection” and “vaccination information”; and

(b) delete paragraphs (3), (4) and (6).

Deletion of regulations 4 and 5

4.  Delete regulations 4 and 5 of the principal Regulations.

Deletion of Parts 2 and 3

5.  Delete Parts 2 and 3 of the principal Regulations.

New regulation 17A

6.  In Part 4 of the principal Regulations, in Division 1, after regulation 17, insert —

“Mask wearing by individuals

17A.—(1)  An individual (whether or not he or she is an employer or employee, a worker, principal or self‑employed) must wear a mask when performing work or carrying out any undertaking at a workplace that is neither —

(a) the individual’s place of residence; nor

(b) an open‑air area.

(2)  However, paragraph (1) does not apply in any of the following circumstances:

(a) where the nature of the individual’s work is such that wearing a mask creates a risk to his or her health and safety;

(b) when the individual —

(i) is in an area of the workplace which is not used and not likely to be used by any customer or prospective customer of the employer or principal, or any other individual who is not an employee or worker at work (or any of them in combination), or by any of those individuals to move through the workplace; and

(ii) is not interacting in person with another individual present in that area;

(c) where the individual is authorised under any Control Order to not wear a mask.”.

Amendment of regulation 18

7.  In regulation 18(1) of the principal Regulations —

(a) in sub‑paragraph (a), delete “or” at the end;

(b) in sub‑paragraph (b), replace the full‑stop at the end with “; or”; and

(c) after sub‑paragraph (b), insert —

“(c) the employee or worker (as the case may be) is —

(i) in an area of the work premises which is not used and not likely to be used by any customer or prospective customer of the employer or principal, or any other individual who is not an employee or worker at work (or any of them in combination), or by any of those individuals to move through the work premises; and

(ii) not interacting in person with another individual present in that area.”.

Deletion of regulation 19

8.  Delete regulation 19 of the principal Regulations.

Amendment of regulation 22

9.  In regulation 22 of the principal Regulations, delete paragraphs (1), (2) and (4).

Amendment of regulation 25

10.  In regulation 25(a) of the principal Regulations —

(a) in sub‑paragraph (i), after “and the Control Orders”, insert “and to remedy without delay any instances of such non‑compliance”; and

(b) replace sub‑paragraph (ii) with —

“(ii) to regularly assess and identify the risks of transmission of COVID‑19 that may arise in relation to all activities engaged in by customers, prospective customers, employees and workers at the work premises of the employer or principal, and to mitigate that risk from those activities identified as presenting a higher risk of the transmission of COVID‑19; and”.

Amendment of regulation 26

11.  In regulation 26 of the principal Regulations —

(a) delete “, and any individual to whom regulation 10 may apply,”;

(b) in paragraph (a)(ii), insert “and” at the end;

(c) in paragraph (b), replace “8, 13, 15, 16 and 17 that apply to them; and” with “16, 17 and 17A.”; and

(d) delete paragraph (c).

Deletion of regulation 29

12.  Delete regulation 29 of the principal Regulations.

Amendment of regulation 30

13.  In regulation 30 of the principal Regulations —

(a) in paragraph (1), replace “13” with “17A(1)”;

(b) in paragraph (2), replace “6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 18(1), 19, 22(1),” with “18(1),”; and

(c) in paragraph (3), replace “10, 18(2) or 22(2)” with “18(2)”.

[G.N. Nos. S 79/2022; S 182/2022; S 227/2022]

Made on 25 April 2022.

Source: https://sso.agc.gov.sg/SL-Supp/S328-2022/Published/20220425?DocDate=20220425

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Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazons-carbon-emissions-rose-in-2021-fueled-by-pandemic-shopping-11659362400

Apple supply chain in China hit by lockdowns as key partner suspends production in Shanghai, Kunshan

 Apple's supply chain is facing extended disruptions caused by China's strict Covid-19 control measures, after the US giant's second-largest Chinese assembly plant suspended production at key factories in Shanghai and nearby Kunshan.

Pegatron Corporation, a major electronics manufacturing service provider for Apple, has stopped making computers, communication devices and consumer electronics for branded vendors in Kunshan, a manufacturing base in the coastal Chinese province of Jiangsu, since the city entered a lockdown a week ago.

The official UK government website for data and insights on coronavirus (COVID-19)

 

UK summary

The official UK government website for data and insights on coronavirus (COVID-19).

See the simple summary for the UK.

Vaccinations

People vaccinated

Up to and including 1 June 2021

All vaccination data

Daily — 1st dose

108,507

Total — 1st dose

39,585,665

Daily — 2nd dose

338,565

Total — 2nd dose

26,073,284

Percentage of adult population

75.2%

 1st dose

49.5%

 2nd dose

Cases

People tested positive

Latest data provided on 2 June 2021

Daily

4,330

Last 7 days

25,240

 6,496 (34.7%)

Rate per 100,000 people:  32.1

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All cases data

Deaths

Deaths within 28 days of positive test

Latest data provided on 2 June 2021

Daily

12

Last 7 days

46

 -8 (-14.8%)

Rate per 100,000 people:  0.1

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All deaths data

Healthcare

Patients admitted

Latest data provided on 27 May 2021

Daily

123

Last 7 days

869

 127 (17.1%)

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All healthcare data

Testing

Virus tests conducted

Latest data provided on 1 June 2021

Daily

664,849

Last 7 days

5,151,204

 -1,080,601 (-17.3%)

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All testing data

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Source: https://hongkongfp.com/2021/01/26/covid-19-hong-kong-imposes-sudden-neighbourhood-lockdown-in-yau-ma-tei/

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Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55814751

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Source: https://www.news.gov.hk/eng/2021/01/20210105/20210105_103350_715.html?type=category&name=covid19

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Source: https://hongkongfp.com/2021/01/05/covid-19-schools-to-stay-closed-until-lunar-new-year-as-hong-kong-extends-social-distancing-restrictions/

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All schools and colleges will close to most pupils and switch to remote learning from Tuesday.

Boris Johnson warned the coming weeks would be the "hardest yet" amid surging cases and patient numbers. a

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55538937

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 With the fourth wave showing no signs of subsiding in Hong Kong, the government has announced extension of social distancing measures until January 20, 2021. Ban on dining services after 6pm will remain, and all other facilities that have been required to shut their doors temporarily – like bars, gyms, sports venues, beauty salons, cinemas, and massage parlours – will remain closed to the public. In addition, suspension of face-to-face classes for schools will continue until the end of the Lunar New Year holiday.

Source: https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/things-to-do/things-you-need-to-know-about-hong-kongs-social-distancing-restrictions

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