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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.
On 3 April 2020, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced a nationwide partial lockdown, known as a circuit breaker, to contain the spread of COVID-19 in Singapore. These measures came after an increase of unlinked cases over the preceding month, as well as the risk of a huge cluster of infections.
Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore (2022) Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore (2023) This page was last edited on 19 May 2023, at 10:40 ...
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]
Observers stated that the lockdown had slowed the growth rate of the pandemic by 6 April to a rate of doubling every six days, [177] and by 18 April, to a rate of doubling every eight days. [178] As the end of the first lockdown period approached, state governments and other advisory committees recommended extending the lockdown. [179]
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The 2020 Singapore circuit breaker measures is an example of a lockdown due to COVID-19. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] On 12 June 2020, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 79.5% of US adults surveyed during May 5–12 supported stay-at-home orders and nonessential business closures as government-mandated COVID-19 mitigation strategies.