Some companies in Singapore have taken additional precautions, including encouraging employees to work from home, amid a COVID-19 wave in the republic.
Public relations firm Tate Anzur, for instance, decided to implement a “health reset” last week to break the chain of infection, after seeing a rise in the number of employees falling ill. Over the past month, nearly half of its employees – 21 out of 50 – took medical leave. Four of them tested positive for COVID-19. To minimise their time in transit and in the office, the company is encouraging staff members to work from home until the end of April, instead of returning to the office two days a week. “We hope that with the company and the employees all doing our part, we can have a team that is healthy and energised to do our best at work regardless of the rising number of cases that we are seeing today,” said the company’s founder and managing director Yvonne Li.
Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said on Apr 14 that Singapore has been in the middle of a COVID-19 wave over the past month, with daily infections rising from about 1,400 in March to roughly 4,000 cases a day the week before.
CNA
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