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Singapore had relatively few COVID-19 cases before the emergence of the Delta and Omicron variants from 8 May 2021 to 29 March 2022. [2] With its relative success in curbing the early spread of the virus in Singapore, the term "circuit breaker" and its measures was subsequently adopted by other countries, particularly in Canada and the United ...
The COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 . The first case in Singapore was confirmed on 23 January 2020. Early cases were primarily imported until local transmission began to develop in February and March.
Some of the countries that did not enact lockdowns during 2020, did so later in the pandemic. In Malawi, a proposed lockdown by the government was delayed by the High Court throughout 2020, [392] until a state of emergency was declared and the country entered a lockdown in January 2021 in response to a worsening outbreak. [393]
The first known outbreak (the 2019–2020 COVID-19 outbreak in mainland China) started in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019. [32] Many early cases were linked to people who had visited the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market there, [ 33 ] [ 34 ] [ 35 ] but it is possible that human-to-human transmission began earlier.
The blame for the failure to report cases of COVID-19 at the onset is unclear because of the difficulty pinpointing it as a failure by either local or national officials. [18] The Associated Press reported that, "increasing political repression has made officials more hesitant to report cases without a clear green light from the top."
As several fires spread across Southern California, President-elect Donald Trump urged California Gov. Gavin Newsom to send water down south from Northern California despite some local officials ...
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25 February: Singapore announced a ban on visitors arriving from Cheongdo and Daegu in South Korea from 26 February, following a large increase in the number of confirmed cases there. Singapore citizens, permanent residents and long-term pass holders returning from Cheongdo and Daegu within the last 14 days were issued a SHN lasting 14 days. [121]