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Re: Singapore Covid-19 Cases DashBoard

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Post by aneeshnl »

prox wrote: post #6
namanaggarwal wrote: post #2

We should really applaud Singapore Govt. here. I don't think any other place has handled the situation so well and so transparent. P.S I live in Singapore. Ask me anything

What are the main take aways for your countries actions that help its success? I believe Vietnam has also been doing a lot of effective action sofar.

Transparency is the key take away. Official government whatsapp notifications helped curb fake news. The information was readily available. Ministers and other senior health officials was on the news, providing accurate information.

The contact tracing and isolation was near perfect. Strict measures were taken for people who disobeyed orders and put people in danger.

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Post by nicolas_t »

namanaggarwal wrote: post #2

We should really applaud Singapore Govt. here. I don't think any other place has handled the situation so well and so transparent. P.S I live in Singapore. Ask me anything

Taiwan also has been rather efficient and transparent in how they handled the situation. And the results speak for themselves for a country with so many economic ties to China...

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Post by darklajid »

namanaggarwal wrote: post #2

We should really applaud Singapore Govt. here. I don't think any other place has handled the situation so well and so transparent. P.S I live in Singapore. Ask me anything

Another one from Singapore. I agree that the official reaction seems well handled!

(Not that there wasn't a slight panic and crazy hoarding stories and there certainly are flaws in company/building management policies, but .. that's not to blame on the government)

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Post by robjan »

nicolas_t wrote: post #10

A good dashboard in HK https://wars.vote4.hk/en/ Wish they listed the total number of people tested so far though. Since I think that's a statistic that is important to properly interpret the number of cases.

You can always suggest it on their GitHub issues. They also accept PRs. https://github.com/nandiheath/warsinhk

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Post by mytailorisrich »

nicolas_t wrote: post #13
namanaggarwal wrote: post #2

We should really applaud Singapore Govt. here. I don't think any other place has handled the situation so well and so transparent. P.S I live in Singapore. Ask me anything

Taiwan also has been rather efficient and transparent in how they handled the situation. And the results speak for themselves for a country with so many economic ties to China...

It so happens that, because of the recent political situation, mainland China suspended individual trips (not groups) to Taiwan last year.

Probably quite a silver lining there.

Edit: Got it the wrong way round: individuals, not groups.

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Post by barry-cotter »

mytailorisrich wrote: post #16
nicolas_t wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Taiwan also has been rather efficient and transparent in how they handled the situation. And the results speak for themselves for a country with so many economic ties to China...

It so happens that, because of the recent political situation, mainland China suspended individual trips (not groups) to Taiwan last year. Probably quite a silver lining there. Edit: Got it the wrong way round: individuals, not groups.

The PRC didn’t suspend tourist groups. They stopped allowing PRC passport holders to get individual tourist visas to go on holiday in Taiwan. A family I know were in Taiwan as part of a tour group when news of the virus broke.

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Post by codeulike »

Is there anything similar for South Korea?

I found something interesting about South Korea. According to Worldometers South Korea have tested a lot more people than anyone else - see https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/covid-19-testing/

Then if you look at the Country breakdown here https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ (scroll down a bit) South Korea has 5,186 confirmed cases but only 27 are listed as Serious or Critical. This seems to go against the '20% need hospital treatment' narrative and would support the theory that there are a lot of mild cases going undetected (as SK has tested more widely than any other country).

But ... I can't find a source for that '27' Serious or Critical number.

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Post by mytailorisrich »

namanaggarwal wrote: post #2

We should really applaud Singapore Govt. here. I don't think any other place has handled the situation so well and so transparent. P.S I live in Singapore. Ask me anything

> I don't think any other place has handled the situation so well

Can't really fault the extensive and sweeping measures China has taken, and the compliance and efforts of the Chinese people.

Singapore is somewhat similar with strict measures and people complying for the greater good.

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