Here we go again – Restrictions for Four Weeks

Starting today, people can only gather in groups of 2 down from 5 previously. Dine in at food and beverage outlets (other than hawker centres and coffee shops) for the vaccinated individuals is similarly reduced to 2 instead of 5. Unique visitors to each household are also limited to 2 per day. The Multi-Ministry Task Force (MTF) called this the Stabilisation Phase to stabilise the rising daily infections. There were 1,939 cases yesterday. The concern of MTF was that the healthcare system could be overwhelmed if the cases were not brought under control.

We are going backward in social distancing measures for living with Covid-19 as an endemic disease. Vaccination does not prevent someone from catching the highly transmissible Delta variant of Covid-19. (However, vaccination helps to protect someone from serious illness.)

We are not in normal times and we have been at it since late March 2020. It has taken its toll on the mental health of individuals. We cannot achieve herd immunity and vaccination does not stop the virus from spreading. So what are we to do?