Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) Updates

[chenlaoshi]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"1967803\" time=\"1584626215\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1967803 time=1584626215 user_id=53606]
I believe we ordered around the same time (when RH first launched their promo). Emails came in around same time also 5-7 March.

I collected on the first possible opportunity once they opened, ie. Monday 9 March, 11am+ Long Q as expected. When I left, the Q was even longer becos the office lunch crowd came to pick up during their lunch hour.

IMO the waiting time was made longer because of the manual outdated method of distribution: the counter staff had printed out stacks and stacks of our order forms & sorted them into batches based on the barcode number. When each customer stepped up to collect, they had to sieve thru the relevant stack of paper to find our order. Then we had to sign on the paper to indicate that we had collected.

Wish they have wised up by now and have a few laptops with search function! The app is so high tech but the collection process...does not utilize technology. Weird.

Possibly, now is a good time to collect because most would have chiong-ed to collect already? Sorry I haven’t passed by recently.[/quote]

I see, thanks for sharing, zac's mum. Initially, I was wondering how come there's no news regarding the collection. Hmm, not very eco-friendly too.

I was thinking of collecting both the RH surgical masks and sanitizer next Monday since Bugis Junction and Bugis+ are one of the collection points for the latter, but just noticed the collection time for sanitizer is from 3pm to 9pm for weekdays.

[pirate]

phtthp\" post_id=\"1967804\" time=\"1584626253\" user_id=\"35251:

Hence, checking students' passport to verify, is the best way. Cannot run away from the truth, inside Passport content

But nowadays with biometric passport can go many places without getting passport stamped. Like Hong Kong and New Zealand. PRs balik Kampong also no stamp.

[starlight1968sg]

If pple found lying in the travel declaration, hope the authority would charge them

[MyPillow]

pirate\" post_id=\"1967814\" time=\"1584636618\" user_id=\"66252:

phtthp\" post_id=\"1967804\" time=\"1584626253\" user_id=\"35251:

Hence, checking students' passport to verify, is the best way. Cannot run away from the truth, inside Passport content

But nowadays with biometric passport can go many places without getting passport stamped. Like Hong Kong and New Zealand. PRs balik Kampong also no stamp.

Ya can be worrying ! so this is the minus side of biometric passport :(.
Some Patents can easily keep quiet n send kids back to sch .... arrrggghh !
In fact , dishonest teachers can keep quiet too ( hope Not though
I referring to those came back between 14 , 15 March . Who will not get letter SHN at custom

[MrsKiasu]

MyPillow\" post_id=\"1967821\" time=\"1584665365\" user_id=\"70594:

pirate\" post_id=\"1967814\" time=\"1584636618\" user_id=\"66252:

[quote=phtthp post_id=1967804 time=1584626253 user_id=35251]Hence, checking students' passport to verify, is the best way. Cannot run away from the truth, inside Passport content

But nowadays with biometric passport can go many places without getting passport stamped. Like Hong Kong and New Zealand. PRs balik Kampong also no stamp.

Ya can be worrying ! so this is the minus side of biometric passport :(.
Some Patents can easily keep quiet n send kids back to sch .... arrrggghh !
In fact , dishonest teachers can keep quiet too ( hope Not though
I referring to those came back between 14 , 15 March . Who will not get letter SHN at custom[/quote]14Mar is the cut off date, if the 2 wks period is effective, just need to give one more week of holiday only.. kids may be at the less risky category but some may have vulnerable family members at home.

If one week holiday is too disruptive to families have no carer at home, can we have kids from families with members returning from overseas less than 14 days to do online study? This to include after 14Mar returnees yeah..

[zac's mum]

Nowsadays, all govt agencies are electronically linked.


Immigration & Checkpoints Authority has an electronic record of who enters SG, when and what time. Unless u swim across the ocean like Mas Selamat.

It’s fairly easy for them to share the information with Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health, transmit via email or cloud in one second.

You cannot hide.

[MyPillow]

Can share data but dunno take how long to do filter the right immigration data of age going kids.Unless criminal investigations then maybe they have to speed up by cid.

Records to moe need to match whole data base of students in spore . Gov tech may not have such resources N time . I go ask my close relative who is in sch Mgmt team next time when things ease down Abt what records they have . Current is based on parents gateway n paper declarations

[phtthp]

NUS students cheated in Computer Science Practical exam, during virus period


https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/nus-students-allegedly-abuse-covid-19-measures-to-cheat-on-exam

For those who received SHN notice, may read

https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/coronavirus-what-is-a-stay-home-notice-and-what-should-you-do-if-you-are-affected

[MrsKiasu]

MyPillow\" post_id=\"1967832\" time=\"1584670400\" user_id=\"70594:

Can share data but dunno take how long to do filter the right immigration data of age going kids.Unless criminal investigations then maybe they have to speed up by cid.
Records to moe need to match whole data base of students in spore . Gov tech may not have such resources N time . I go ask my close relative who is in sch Mgmt team next time when things ease down Abt what records they have . Current is based on parents gateway n paper declarations

ours through parents gateway and if any change need update/resubmit if I m not wrong.. not sure if the declaration at school level or moe level but somehow I doubt they will cross check/reconcile to immigration side ba.. largely depends on individual but then esp young kids some will tell alot of things.. I believe many families will be affected/inconvenienced by any measures but I feel that if that is the right way to go then all must work towards it then only we have chance to see early recovery, what we really hoping for..

[.010675zeit]

MyPillow\" post_id=\"1967709\" time=\"1584597763\" user_id=\"70594:

agree with zeit. rather worrying too , these two days before 20/3 2359hrs with no SHN to them , so many can fly in to (who may be already ill but no fever) seek our medical services alreadyhave so many import cases

For those arriving after 2359hrs -- I still find that SG is too \"laissez faire'', as compared to China, HK and Taiwan with regard to the new wave of returnees, some of whom could be imported cases.

https://www.stb.gov.sg/content/stb/en/home-pages/advisory-on-covid-19.html
. From 20 March 2020, 2359 hours, all travellers entering Singapore will be issued with a 14-day Stay Home Notice (SHN)2. They will be required to provide proof of the place where they will serve the 14-day SHN, for example a hotel booking covering the entire period, or a place of residence they or their family members own.

Why don't they just learn from China and Taiwan to partner with a few hotels to convert them into Quarantine Hotels? There are 3 in Taipei and another couple in New Taipei. Since a month ago, Taipei's Xiao Huang yellow cabbies have formed a team to send passengers from the airport to their Quarantine Hotels or homes if the overseas students, returnees or PRs have one. All travellers (locals inclusive) must pay for their own 14-day stay at these designated Quarantine Hotels as 3 meals will be delivered to their doorstep daily.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ6YJ6c-Zfs][/youtube]

In China, my friend didn't even get to cross the aerobridge because they had removed it! The airport made all passengers walk down the stairs to board a fleet of chartered coaches waiting on the tarmac that took them direct to Quarantine Hotels designated by the municipal govt, or to a designated point that allows local residents to commute to their own home if they have one in that city.

By designating a few hotels i.e. limiting the passengers' choices, and by only allowing the arrived passengers to take only designated chartered buses or designated yellow cabs to their 14-day isolation place, the local authorities can confine their contact-tracing to only a small group of affected service providers, should any of them be tested positive within the fortnight or beyond.

In Singapore, we allow passengers to book any hotel located all over our island as they like. Therefore, imagine if someone tested positive had booked Conrad and another had booked Marriott, MOH would have to quarantine all those affected service staff in both hotel clusters and trace the different taxi operators, PHVs or even SBS bus and MRT the 2 guys had taken from the airport. The no of people to be placed under quarantine will increase exponentially. It's additional workload for CID.

Also, Singapore govt don't bar tourists from using our public transport like MRT, unlike China and Taiwan which had banned tourists from taking the HSR, and subway from the airport. It's easier to trace if you partner certain taxi operators or bus companies to do this.

HK started issuing electronic wristbands to tag those under home quarantine many weeks ago. It's a bit intrusive but at least they leverage smart technology to ease their job. My friends' kids from UK boarding school returning to HK must don those wearable wristbands, so that the authorities know if they had disappeared from their home.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/18/hong-kong-uses-electronic-wristbands-to-enforce-coronavirus-quarantine.html

Taiwan has also 'intruded' into the privacy of those under quarantine, way before Singapore uses GPS, by sending people an SMS warning as soon as they moved an inch outside their home boundary/base station.