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New Year’s Eve gathering in Clarke Quay a ‘potential superspreading event’, warns Covid-19 task force
David Sun Published 24 Mins Ago
SINGAPORE – Enforcement agencies are looking into a potential superspreading event with blatant breaches of safe management rules at a gathering of revellers on New Year’s Eve in Clarke Quay.
The incident was caught on video and is believed to have involved hundreds in a spontaneous countdown party.
In a statement on Sunday (Jan 2), the Multi-Ministry Taskforce urged the public to be responsible.
It said: “The New Year’s Eve gathering at Clarke Quay involved some blatant breaches of safe management rules and is a potential superspreading event.
“We understand the desire and enthusiasm to usher in the New Year, especially after two years of social restrictions. As a society we have done what we can to build up our resilience. But we would like to remind everyone that we are still in the middle of a pandemic crisis, and we still need to exercise civic responsibility.
“If everyone continues to do our part, the situation will continue to improve, and we can look forward to 2022 being a significantly more normal year.”
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New Year’s Eve gathering at Clarke Quay ‘potential superspreading event’: COVID-19 task force
Enforcement agencies are “looking into the matter”.
SINGAPORE: A New Year’s Eve gathering at Clarke Quay involved some “blatant breaches” of safe management measures and “is a potential superspreading event”, the COVID-19 multi-ministry task force said on Sunday (Jan 2).
Videos circulating on social media showed crowds of people gathered in Clarke Quay to ring in the new year on Dec 31.
“Enforcement agencies are looking into the matter,” the taskforce added, noting such events were “suspended or curtailed” in many countries this year.
“We would like to remind everyone that we are still in the middle of a pandemic crisis, and we still need to exercise civic responsibility,” it said.
As a society, Singapore has done what it can to “build up our resilience”, said the task force. Authorities urged members of the public to follow COVID-19 rules so that “the situation will continue to improve, and we can look forward to 2022 being a significantly more normal year”. Source: CNA/vc(ac)
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