Forum on Singapore's COVID-19 strategy and direction
SMA, together with the Academy of Medicine, Singapore (AMS), College of Family Physicians Singapore (CFPS) and the Ministry of Health (MOH), organised an online forum on 9 October 2021 to share Singapore's COVID-19 strategy and the direction ahead.
MOH first provided an update to attendees, in line with the changes by the Multi-Ministry Taskforce announced on the same day.
Thereafter, there was a lively dialogue with the following panellists.
There were about 2,500 attendees, with more than 300 questions posed.
We understand that future sessions will also be organised for various segments of our healthcare community. For information on these additional sessions, please look out for announcements from the respective organisations.
Letter by Minister for Health to healthcare family
Health Minister Ong Ye Kung has written a letter to all colleagues in our healthcare family. In his letter, Minister Ong thanked all healthcare workers for their hard work during the COVID-19 pandemic, and sought their understanding for the frequent policy and protocol changes.
Minister Ong detailed the streamlining of treatment protocols, including replacing quarantine with a regular-ART testing protocol. This avoids isolating large numbers of people, thus helping to avoid our healthcare system from being overwhelmed. He ended his letter by reinforcing the importance of trust and confidence in each other, and that we can pull through the pandemic by standing together.
The letter can be found at https://bit.ly/3na0x2O.