I asked the Minister for Health the following supplementary question during Question Time today (4 Oct 2021) in Parliament:
Many Singaporeans and businesses are very frustrated with the repeated open-shut of the economy and their lives. Minister Ong said on 21 Sep that during the preparatory period, MOH projected handling 100-200 cases a day. This is far lower than the actual numbers since 19 Aug. Why were these projections so far off? Delta has been with us for almost 6 months and there is plenty of data on Delta infections from countries like India and Israel which were hit by the Delta wave earlier than us. Why wasn’t the Government better prepared for the caseload after re-opening?
The Minister’s reply will be published in the Hansard within two weeks.
