REACH - 45. Internet infrastructure will be upgraded to improve Internet services in residential areas (SK)
9 Apr 2020 (12 pm - 10pm)

REACH
[12:15 pm, 09/04/2020] +65 9150 9127: Dear REACH contributors,
Welcome back to our discussion :)
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📢Topic📢
In response to the new "circuit breaker" measures, our internet infrastructure will be upgraded to improve Internet services in residential areas. More news and entertainment programmes will be also made available free to viewers🙂
Does this news bring you more cheer during this period of "circuit-breaker" measures? What are your plans for this weekend as you spend time at home?
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/covid19-imda-initiatives-telco-free-tv-channels-circuit-breaker-12621036

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[12:18 pm, 09/04/2020] ☸️  Danny 心: Mask up if people need to go out in public.

[12:18 pm, 09/04/2020] ☸️  Danny 心:
Major Indian cities make mask-wearing compulsory amid coronavirus fears
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/major-indian-cities-mask-wearing-compulsory-covid-19-coronavirus-12623080

[12:55 pm, 09/04/2020] ☸️  Danny 心:
How does upgraded Internet Infrastructure help us to stay home in this circuit breaker duration?

(1) Fiber to the Home (Next generation broadband) is implemented earlier.

(2) Telcos have rolled out fiber to each home and Mediacorps has delivered Digital TV with set-top box and broadband wireless WiFI is included in the bundled digital TV, fixed phones and wifi broadband.
We can see :-
a. Digital TV - through the fiber / set-top box conversion.
b. Received WiFi - for laptop internet surfing and smartphone surfing
c. Fixed phone - can call through the digital fiber

(3) Not sure what additional services are upgraded and provided to us at residential areas.
a. Probably Telco need to upgrade the backend bandwidth by aggregating their bandwidth - due to increase bandwidth demand from home to prevent congestion.

b. Provide more entertainment content to the home eg. more movies or drama serial?

(4) Just hope that redundancy are build into the Internet infrastructure to the home - and will not break down or disrupted - as many people are working at home or receiving digital entertainment from home.
Any internet disruption - will cause people to come out into the street again.

Carol
[12:59 pm, 09/04/2020] : How I wish we have a nation game that every family play online...
E.g Monopoly, Words,  Sims Singapore.  🤔
Or guessing games on air where everyone can participate.

Carol
[1:05 pm, 09/04/2020] : Internet setup may not applicable to old folk who stay alone...  Free TV Chanel is good especially hk drama in canto.  Or Taiwan variety show.  Some oldies Channels are good for them...  They only use remote to select.

[1:17 pm, 09/04/2020] ☸️  Danny 心:
Today Clarke quay not crowded.
So spaceout is working properly.

[2:01 pm, 09/04/2020] ☸️  Danny 心:
(1) Actually, keeping the local transmission down is everyone's immediate concern.

(2) With 100 over cases reported everyday that are locally transmitted and 72 unlink cases --- means that there are quite a number of mild asyptomatic cases in our Community that go undetected - but keep spreading the virus around.

(3) Only by keeping them away from the Community - such as stay at home to work or study - and not loitering around until they no longer infectious ---- is the most urgent tasks.

(4) Monitoring crowded areas is one important task - and keeping crowd away from crowded areas once detected crowd is forming.

(5) Yesterday news reported that some patients from private hospitals are moving covid-19 recovering patients to Sing Expo ---- indicates that their facilites are increasingly being overwhelmed --- which is not a good sign.

(6) Also by studying the infection curve, the recovery cases are not catching up with 14 days infected and treated.

(7) So everyone should play a part to do the right things to prevent community spreading and stop local transmission ---- in order for this circuit measures to be successful.


A private message
Mike GC Shee
[2:03 pm, 09/04/2020] :
Thanks, Danny.
Appreciate.
Very well summary.

[2:05 pm, 09/04/2020] ☸️  Danny 心:
One for All.
All-for-one.
No choice, everyone must do their part.

A private message
Mike GC Shee
[2:05 pm, 09/04/2020] : 👍👍👍

[2:35 pm, 09/04/2020] ☸️  Danny 心:
My close friend contribution :-
(1) Attached is an image that shows a nurse who works in healthcare settings.
(Caveat :- unable to determine if the image is real or fake.)

(2) Nevertheless, we are sharing the image to reinforce an important message :-
- to remind everyone frequent and thorough cleansing of hands and face even after people wear mask in public.

- Facial mask is not a silver bullet. Important to wash hands and face thoroughly and frequently.

- Nevertheless unlike a hospital settings where virus load are heavy, we can see the luminous light (are the virus load) that spill onto the nurse forehead, nose bridge and the whole surface area on the face mask.

- However in public, if people meet someone who is sick or asympotmatic - the virus load is not as heavy as in hospital - thus mask is still useful to offer protection though not a silver bullet or foolproof to prevent infection ---- but still useful. So don't forget to wash that washable mask.

[6:31 pm, 09/04/2020] ☸️  Danny 心:
My close friend contribution :-
(1) With reference to the attached image, in addition to thoroughly wash the face mask and the face after wearing the face mask, people should also wash their hands thoroughtly with soap or sanitiser.

(2) By washing the hands for at least 30 seconds, will ensure the viruses are properly cleanse.

Joeann

[6:34 pm, 09/04/2020] ☸️  Danny 心: Ha ha ha ha...

[6:52 pm, 09/04/2020]COVID-19:  ☸️  Danny 心:
NTUC FairPrice urges shoppers to wear face masks
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/covid-19-ntuc-fairprice-customers-wear-face-masks-12624460

[6:55 pm, 09/04/2020] ☸️  Danny 心:
Still about 50% of people walking on the road don't wear mask.

Wonder what they do with the mask issue by the government, used as decoration?

Now our President, PM and Cabinet Ministers all wear masks.

Wonder why people appearing in public still don't want to wear masks in public when local transmission is so high?

Eunice Chia
[6:56 pm, 09/04/2020] : Because they don't think they are carrying the virus?  😷

Joeann
[6:58 pm, 09/04/2020] : Because...... they think they strong.

[7:00 pm, 09/04/2020] ☸️  Danny 心:
These people must always government make it a law before people start to act.

Caleb
[6:58 pm, 09/04/2020] : Has NTUC start selling the reusable mask?

Vana
[6:58 pm, 09/04/2020] : Yupp! Awhile ago I have seen them selling? Same design as the one they are giving out

XaniceAfcai
[6:58 pm, 09/04/2020] : Last mth, I saw it selling at $4.90

Stella

[7:28 pm, 09/04/2020] : I bought this from ntuc. It is easier to breathe through this mask (from ntuc) than the black cloth mask I collected from community centre.

Suma
[7:41 pm, 09/04/2020] : https://medium.com/@jurgenthoelen/belgian-dutch-study-why-in-times-of-covid-19-you-can-not-walk-run-bike-close-to-each-other-a5df19c77d08

Stella
[7:54 pm, 09/04/2020] : Would it be possible and better to make all who need to be out of their home to wear mask (otherwise warning->fine->jail) . And if they cannot be wearing mask due to exercise, then they need to submit by whatsapp/other app for outdoor exercise time limited to 2 hrs max per day (or other hours deem approp by moh).

Rama
[7:55 pm, 09/04/2020] : Government to address this

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[7:23 pm, 09/04/2020] ☸️  Danny 心:
 Joint contribution with my close friend :-

(1) Question :-
Wonder why people appearing in public still don't want to wear masks in public when local transmission is so high?

(2) Answer :-
Some people unaware of the dangers, some holding on to older belief (if not medical mask, it's useless), some feel Discomfort wearing it, some refuse to do it as silent protest, and some are self- centred (this is my own business)...

(3) Respond :-
Yes this are all the problems.
That's why if don't legislate this people don't move.
Soft approach don't work on them.
This people don't know that as long as just one person got it, everyone can get it.
And the whole economy is devastated.
And the whole community's lives are at risk.

Timothy Low
[7:54 pm, 09/04/2020] : 我国新增287起冠病病例 过半来自S11榜鹅客工宿舍感染群
https://www.zaobao.com/realtime/singapore/story20200409-1044261?utm_source=ZB_iPhone&utm_medium=share

287 new cases today

Dongliang
[7:58 pm, 09/04/2020] : All hell break loose.

Joeann
[7:58 pm, 09/04/2020] : Dong dong chiang

[7:59 pm, 09/04/2020] ☸️  Danny 心:
People can wait and take their own sweet time.
But virus won't wait.
They will hit at the weakest link.

Dongliang
[8:01 pm, 09/04/2020] : Singapore version of “Diamond express”

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[7:56 pm, 09/04/2020] ☸️  Danny 心: https://youtu.be/1z6gfF6mR4I
[7:56 pm, 09/04/2020] ☸️  Danny 心:
My close friend contribution -

(1) Drones adopted to monitor social distancing in Bukit Timah Reserve.

(2) That means if social distancing is breached, there is good reason for Authority to step in to regulate the crowd.

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[8:08 pm, 09/04/2020] ☸️  Danny 心: See 1 mall with full max crowd.

Min
[8:43 pm, 09/04/2020] : Can we make mask wearing mandatory please!!!
[8:43 pm, 09/04/2020] : It shouldn’t be optional unless you have some health issues and can’t wear


Eugene
[9:02 pm, 09/04/2020] : Can I suggest make masks compulsory for people who are stepping out of their home as there may be some inconsiderate people that may not wear masks when they are not well and thus spreading virus to others ard them

Min
[9:03 pm, 09/04/2020] : Yeah! I think a number of us support masks!
[9:03 pm, 09/04/2020] : Masks only work when everyone especially the ones who normally don’t care about these stuff wear them. 🙏
[9:04 pm, 09/04/2020] : what’s the point if only half the people wear them and those are already the more conscientious (assumption)?
[9:04 pm, 09/04/2020] : 🤷🏻‍♀️
[9:04 pm, 09/04/2020]  If the ones that don’t wear them are more “easy going” and relaxed
[9:04 pm, 09/04/2020] : How do we get everyone to wear them if majority aren’t wearing

Stella
[9:05 pm, 09/04/2020] : Fine $$$
[9:05 pm, 09/04/2020] : Stay home
[9:06 pm, 09/04/2020] : Then must wear mask

David Murugan
[9:09 pm, 09/04/2020] : Those who never wear must charge them under the diseases act, $10k or jail or both. All will comply I think.

Dongliang
[9:11 pm, 09/04/2020] : I was asking a colleague today why he did not wear mask, he said, if everyone is wearing he doesn’t have to wear. I said too bad, many people are having the same thoughts as you so your wish will never come true.

Liyana
[9:15 pm, 09/04/2020] :
Singapore Food Authority advisory on all F&B employees to wear mask
https://www.sfa.gov.sg/covid-19/advisory-on-wearing-of-mask-or-face-shield-by-employees-in-food-and-beverage-(f-b)-establishments

Jun
[9:27 pm, 09/04/2020] : Give the issue of masks a couple more days. The concept of Social Proof will pressure recalcitrant citizens to conform eventually. If not, then the G can come down hard on masks.

Leonard Lau
[9:39 pm, 09/04/2020] : The spit mask is out of stock in the market.. I understand the SINGAPORE Food Assoc. Is doing something about it since they knew their turf .
Let’s await them .

REACH
[10:41 pm, 09/04/2020] : [Sent by Gov.sg]
COVID-19: 9 Apr update
New cases: 287
- Imported: 3
- Local cases (linked): 236 (202 cases linked to clusters at foreign worker dorms; 34 linked to non-dorm clusters/cases)
- Pending contact tracing: 48
Total cases: 1910
- Hospitalised: 884 (29 in ICU)
- In isolation, private hospitals*: 559
- Fatalities: 6
- Total discharged: 460 (Discharged today: 54)
More: go.gov.sg/moh9apr
*Patients doing well but still testing positive for the virus are moved to Community Isolation Facilities and private hospitals
Managing infection clusters in foreign worker dorms
- Need to prevent cross-infection from dorms to rest of population
- Govt working with dorm operators to ensure effective management of all dorms
Public health measures:
- Active screening and testing
- Movements minimised to prevent further spread
- Reduce number in dorms: workers who are well and work in essential services moved out
go.gov.sg/fw-9apr


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MOH
54 MORE CASES DISCHARGED; 287 NEW CASES OF COVID-19 INFECTION CONFIRMED
 9TH APR 2020

          54 more cases[1] of COVID-19 infection have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities. In all, 460 have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities.

2.            As of 9 April 2020, 12pm, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed and verified an additional 287 cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore. The breakdown is as follows:

Imported Cases 3

Linked to known clusters   217

Linked to other cases   19

Pending contact tracing   48

Total   287

3.            Among the linked cases, 202 cases were linked to clusters at foreign worker dormitories and 34 were linked to non-dormitory clusters or other cases.

Links between previous cases found

4.            Further epidemiological investigations and contact tracing have uncovered links between previously announced and new cases.

a)            Five of the earlier confirmed cases (Cases 1379, 1380, 1556, 1558 and 1564) have now been linked to a new cluster at Shaw Lodge (12 Shaw Road).

b)            166 additional cases are linked to the cluster at S11 Dormitory @ Punggol (2 Seletar North Link), which has a total of 283 confirmed cases[2] now.

c)            11 additional cases are linked to the cluster at Westlite Toh Guan dormitory (18 Toh Guan Road East), which has a total of 49 confirmed cases[3] now.

d)            Two additional cases are linked to the cluster at Toh Guan Dormitory (19A Toh Guan Road East), which has a total of 25 confirmed cases now (Cases 963, 1079, 1106, 1148, 1150, 1195, 1254, 1273, 1262, 1263, 1271, 1274, 1276, 1347, 1395, 1453, 1469, 1475, 1374, 1434, 1446, 1582, 1599, 1627 and 1841).

e)            14 additional cases are linked to the cluster at Sungei Tengah Lodge (500 Old Choa Chu Kang Road), which has a total of 43 confirmed cases now (Cases 1054, 1077, 1124, 1267, 1306, 1319, 1342, 1362, 1367, 1388, 1396, 1411, 1430, 1438, 1459, 1474, 1476, 1481, 1482, 1492, 1496, 1497, 1498, 1502, 1527, 1544, 1550, 1586, 1587, 1596, 1602, 1603, 1653, 1688, 1699, 1709, 1718, 1719, 1705, 1737, 1826, 1827 and 1843).

f)             17 additional cases are linked to the cluster at Tampines Dormitory (2 Tampines Place), which has a total of 38 cases now (Cases 1049, 1140 , 1193, 1226, 1299, 1261, 1313, 1314, 1327, 1373, 1410,1440, 1442, 1454, 1457, 1458, 1479, 1571, 1576, 1581, 1608, 1624, 1625, 1629, 1632, 1633, 1634, 1635, 1637, 1638, 1639, 1641, 1661, 1663, 1667, 1668, 1692, 1694).

g)            Two additional cases are linked to the cluster at Cochrane Lodge I (51 Admiralty Road West), which has a total of nine cases now (Cases 1018, 1144, 1339, 1406, 1418, 1419, 1437, 1645 and 1655).

h)            One additional case is linked to the cluster at Kranji Lodge (12 Kranji Road), which has a total of seven confirmed cases now (Cases 880, 1190, 1241, 1506, 1519, 1520 and 1630).

i)             Two additional cases are linked to the cluster at a dormitory at 55 Sungei Kadut Loop, which has a total of seven cases now (Cases 868, 972, 974, 1356, 1510, 1549 and 1551).

j)             10 additional cases are linked to the cluster at a construction site at Project Glory (50 Market Street), which has a total of 37 confirmed cases now (Cases 956, 967, 1019, 1078, 1079, 1104, 1120,  1124, 1149, 1162, 1164, 1181, 1191, 1226, 1263, 1271, 1273, 1341, 1346, 1349, 1421, 1448, 1449, 1485, 1486, 1514, 1531, 1555, 1575, 1576, 1577, 1629, 1642, 1652, 1692, 1694 and 1715).

k)            One additional case is linked to the cluster at a construction site at 6 Battery Road, which has a total of five cases now (Cases 1049, 1012,1183, 1184 and 1312).

l)             Seven additional cases are linked to the cluster at Mustafa Centre (145 Syed Alwi Road), which has a total of 57 confirmed cases[4] now.

m)          Five additional cases are linked to the cluster at Keppel Shipyard (51 Pioneer Sector 1), which has a total of 17 cases now (Cases 878, 898, 907, 1076, 1158, 1172, 1270, 1324, 1336, 1495, 1505, 1529, 1626, 1695, 1636, 1651 and 1739).

5.            Contact tracing is underway for unlinked cases to establish any links to previous cases or travel history to affected countries or regions. Please refer to the MOH website for the situation report (www.moh.gov.sg/covid-19/situation-report).

Cases from public healthcare sector

Case 1566 (Announced on 8 April)

6.            Case 1566 is a 27 year-old female Singapore Citizen who has no recent travel history to affected countries or regions. She reported onset of symptoms on 4 April, and subsequent test results confirmed COVID-19 infection on 7 April. She is currently warded in an isolation room at Singapore General Hospital (SGH).

7.            Prior to hospital admission, she had gone to work as a Programme Coordinator at SGH.

Update on condition of confirmed cases

8.            To date, a total of 460 cases have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities.

9.            Of the 884 confirmed cases who are still in hospital, most are stable or improving. 29 are in critical condition in the intensive care unit. 559 cases who are clinically well but still test positive for COVID-19 are isolated and cared for at Concord International Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Gleneagles Hospital, Mount Alvernia Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital and the Community Isolation Facility at D’Resort NTUC. Six have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection.

10.          The cause of death for Case 1604 is ischaemic heart disease, and is not due to complications from COVID-19 infection.

Update on contact tracing for confirmed cases

11.          Contact tracing for the confirmed cases is ongoing. Once identified, MOH will closely monitor all close contacts. As a precautionary measure, they will be quarantined for 14 days from their last exposure to the patient. In addition, all other identified contacts who have a low risk of being infected will be under active surveillance, and will be contacted daily to monitor their health status.

12.          As of 9 April 2020, 12pm, MOH has identified 20,008 close contacts who have been quarantined. Of these, 5,642 are currently quarantined, and 14,366 have completed their quarantine.

MINISTRY OF HEALTH
9 APRIL 2020

[1]  Cases 152, 162, 193, 202, 209, 221, 238, 245, 299, 317, 348, 354, 356, 363, 378, 389, 403, 405, 407, 418, 420, 429, 446, 481, 487, 528, 544, 578, 581, 589, 630, 664, 673, 677, 687, 706, 707, 708, 712, 726, 731, 746, 764, 777, 804, 810, 825, 867, 872, 998, 1033, 1052, 1059 and 1390.
[2]  Cases 826, 829, 852, 860, 946, 947, 966, 979, 982, 993, 1035, 1039, 1047, 1050, 1061, 1066, 1074, 1083, 1084, 1089, 1107, 1108, 1110, 1111, 1112, 1117, 1118, 1119, 1126, 1135, 1138, 1145, 1153, 1155, 1156, 1171, 1173, 1174, 1185, 1186, 1187, 1198, 1213, 1222, 1223, 1224, 1225, 1228, 1232, 1236, 1269, 1275, 1278, 1279, 1280, 1281, 1283, 1284, 1285, 1286, 1287, 1288, 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1300, 1302, 1304, 1307, 1308, 1310, 1318, 1321,1329, 1334, 1344, 1350, 1351, 1353, 1354, 1355, 1357, 1358, 1363, 1364, 1365, 1372, 1381, 1382, 1439, 1445, 1455, 1462, 1468, 1470, 1471, 1509, 1512, 1523, 1554, 1572, 1573, 1574, 1580, 1584, 1590, 1591, 1594, 1598, 1600, 1601, 1605, 1606, 1614, 1617, 1623, 1515, 1545, 1611, 1613, 1619, 1620, 1657, 1658, 1659, 1675, 1676, 1677, 1678, 1679, 1681, 1682, 1685, 1691, 1693, 1701, 1713, 1714, 1729, 1734, 1736, 1746, 1748, 1749, 1750, 1752, 1753, 1754, 1755, 1758, 1759, 1760, 1761, 1762, 1763, 1764, 1765, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, 1773, 1774, 1775, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1782, 1783, 1784, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795,1796, 1797, 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808, 1809, 1810, 1811, 1812, 1813, 1814, 1815, 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823, 1824, 1829, 1846, 1847, 1848 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909 and 1910.
[3]  Cases 655, 875, 922, 924, 925, 926, 934, 977, 1011, 1012, 1054, 1062, 1068, 1072, 1100, 1101, 1113, 1176, 1194, 1202, 1216, 1218, 1238, 1251, 1252, 1253, 1255, 1256, 1330, 1391, 1401, 1441, 1466, 1467, 1400, 1508, 1511, 1522, 1616, 1621, 1673, 1674, 1680, 1683, 1684, 1730, 1745, 1747 and 1756.
[4]  Cases 616, 788, 866, 908, 911, 938, 1001, 1015, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1046, 1056, 1093, 1096, 1127, 1169, 1180, 1188, 1189 (son of 1188), 1199, 1200, 1201, 1209, 1214, 1219, 1246, 1259, 1260, 1277, 1282, 1295, 1315, 1316, 1326, 1340, 1343, 1361, 1385, 1387, 1417, 1431, 1433, 1435, 1443, 1422, 1487, 1489, 1507, 1528, 1628, 1690, 1700, 1708, 1717, 1732 and 1742.

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