‘The government was blindsided by the spread among our foreign workers... But it needs to be pointed out that the new cases outside this group is worrying in itself. Of the record 287 new cases reported two days ago on 9 April (surpassed again yesterday), 202 were linked to foreign worker dormitories. But a large number (85 cases) were not, including 48 unlinked to existing cases. We are now fighting the virus now on not one but two raging fronts.’
COMMENT: The second front could have been opened up due to an underestimation of how effectively the virus could spread within the community especially by asymptomatic carriers
Read here (Tan Tarn How, April 11, 2020)
