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"...include the wearing of coloured wristbands by all tenants and workers, to signify which sector of the centre — fruits, vegetables, dried goods, or cold room — they are working in,..."

Covid-19: Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre reopens with enhanced safety measures after 3-day closure

By BRYAN NG
Published SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

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Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre was closed for three days for deep cleaning and disinfection after Covid-19 cases were detected among staff and visitors of the premises.

SINGAPORE — Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre reopened at 3pm on Thursday (Sept 30) with enhanced safety measures in place following a three-day closure after Covid-19 cases were detected among people who worked at and visited the premises.

The enhanced measures, to take effect immediately, include the wearing of coloured wristbands by all tenants and workers, to signify which sector of the centre — fruits, vegetables, dried goods, or cold room — they are working in, the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) said in a release on Thursday.

Workers are not allowed to cross sectors within the centre unnecessarily, SFA added.

Prior to the temporary closure on Monday afternoon, safety measures in place since March 2020 included restricted access to the wholesale centre, on-arrival testing for trade visitors and a 14-day rostered routine testing for staff and tenants.

Under the enhanced measures, the rostered routine testing will move to a seven-day routine while on-arrival testing will continue for visitors.

The number of workers allowed access to cold rooms will also be controlled, based on factors such as the size of the cold room leased and other operational requirements.

Workers who access the coldrooms will have to return negative tests twice a week before access is granted, SFA said.

Another enhanced measure is that a maximum crowd capacity of 250 trade visitors at Block 13A of the vegetable sector will apply during night trading hours.

During the closure, tenants and workers were required to undergo a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test and only those who returned negative results were allowed to resume operations on Thursday.

Deep cleaning and disinfection of the premises was conducted, and the SFA worked closely with stakeholders to identify areas to enhance safety measures.

 

[Leongsam]

For fucks sake give up this charade. Everyone that matters is vaxxed. Just drop all these inane controls like other sane countries have done after reaching their vaccine targets.

theguardian.com

Denmark to lift all remaining Covid restrictions on 10 September​

Jon Henley

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Denmark is to lift all its remaining Covid-19 restrictions by 10 September after the health ministry declared the virus “no longer a critical threat to society” because of the country’s high level of vaccination.
“The epidemic is under control, we have record vaccination levels,” the health minister, Magnus Heunicke, said in a statement on Friday. “That is why we can drop the special rules we had to introduce in the fight against Covid-19.”
He warned, however, that even if the country was “in a good place right now”, the epidemic was not over and the government would not hesitate to “act quickly if the pandemic once again threatens the essential functioning of society”.
Denmark is the EU’s third-most vaccinated country, according to Our World in Data, with 71% of the population having received two shots. Malta is on 80% and Portugal 73%. The UK has fully vaccinated 62% of its population.
Denmark’s seven-day rolling average of new coronavirus cases per million inhabitants stands at 167, slightly above the EU average of 149 but well below Britain’s figure of 492, according to the same online science publication.
The country was one of Europe’s first to impose a partial lockdown in March last year, closing schools and non-essential businesses and services. After tightening and relaxing anti-Covid measures throughout the pandemic, it was also one of the earliest to begin reopening, launching a “coronavirus passport” on 21 April this year.
Danish restaurants, bars, cinemas, gyms, sports stadiums and hairdressing salons have been open since that date for anyone who can prove that they are fully vaccinated, have a negative test result less than 72 hours old or contracted Covid within the past two to 12 weeks.
That requirement, already lifted from 1 August for some venues such as museums, will disappear for most others from 1 September, although a coronapas will still be needed for nightclubs and large events including football matches until 10 September.
The government’s decision not to extend its classification of Covid-19 as a “critical threat” to society beyond 10 September effectively removes the legal basis for the restrictions, a health ministry spokesman said.

 

[laksaboy]

Enhanced safety measures... enhanced with wristbands.

 

[Leongsam]

World

Covid 19 coronavirus: Norway dumps all Covid restrictions to 'live as normal'​

25 Sep, 2021 09:00 AM5 minutes to read




Crowds packed bars, restaurants and nightclubs as Norway lifted all its Covid-19 restrictions. Video / Live World via YouTube

news.com.au

By: Alex Turner-Cohen
Norway has ditched all its Covid-19 measures, even social distancing, in a radical move that as yet has unclear consequences.

On Friday, the Nordic nation's government announced that it was time to "live as normal" with Covid-19 after 561 days of enduring some kind of restriction, whether that be venue capacity limits or stay-at-home orders.

Now, Norwegians can attend restaurants, night clubs, sporting events and anything else at full capacity, with social distancing thrown out the window.

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They've even started encouraging travel outside of Europe, removing travel warnings.

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The new rules come into effect on Saturday, 4pm local time (Sunday, 4am NZT).

"It is 561 days since we introduced the toughest measures in Norway in peacetime … Now the time has come to return to a normal daily life," Prime Minister Erna Solberg told reporters.

"In short, we can now live as normal."

 

[Leongsam]

Sweden lifts all COVID-19 restrictions​

• 29 Sep 2021 20:37
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Sweden lifted all COVID-19-related restrictions in the country on Wednesday, announcing that the pandemic has been brought under full control, Anadolu Agency reports.
The country announced limited COVID-19-related restrictions that began on June 1 and ended on Sept. 29, The Public Health Directorate said in a statement
After Denmark and Norway, Sweden is the third Scandinavian country to totally abolish coronavirus-related restrictions.
According to the statement, rules such as wearing a mask at airports and on planes where international rules apply, as well as PCR testing, will continue to be enforced.
Meanwhile, the Swedish Foreign Ministry announced in a separate statement that all travel bans will be lifted on Oct. 1, 2021.
On Sept. 20, a travel restriction for Turkish citizens with double vaccination certificates was lifted.
According to the statement, the first dose of vaccination is administered to 83.6% of those over the age of 18, while the proportion of those who received two doses is 76%. While the country has started the third dose on Wednesday, it added.
According to the Public Health Institute, the number of people who have died in Sweden due to the deadly virus has risen to 14,851 and the number of cases has surpassed 1.14 million.
News.Az

 

[laksaboy]

For fucks sake give up this charade. Everyone that matters is vaxxed. Just drop all these inane controls like other sane countries have done after reaching their vaccine targets.

Ah, but those countries have refused to implement the vax passport. Don't expect Aunty Ho and her son's Govtech cronies to accept this. That means the charade must continue. The show must go on.

https://www.euronews.com/2021/09/01...on-rate-sees-covid-pass-ended-for-restaurants

 

[Leongsam]

Belgium scraps COVID-19 restrictions for restaurants and bars​

No more restrictions on the number of people per table and no more fixed closing hours.

A number of restrictions will remain in Brussels, which has the lowest vaccination rate in the country | Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP via Getty Images


August 20, 2021 6:44 pm



Belgium will loosen coronavirus restrictions as of September 1, Prime Minister Alexander De Croo announced Friday after a meeting with the country's various governments.
However, a number of restrictions will remain in Brussels, which has the lowest vaccination rate in the country.
As of next month, bars and restaurants will have no more restrictions on the number of people per table and no more fixed closing hours. Bars and restaurants had been ordered to close at 1 a.m. However, nightclubs are not yet allowed to reopen.




The number of visitors in private households is also no longer limited. At weddings, dancing will be allowed.
There will be another set of relaxations as of October 1. At that point, clubs will be allowed to reopen.
"We can take these decisions because so many people are vaccinated," De Croo said. "Vaccines have changed the rules of the game."
He called on all Belgians who have not been vaccinated to get their jab. In communities with low vaccination rates, local authorities will step up work to convince people to get vaccinated, including going from door to door.
Getting vaccinated will remain voluntary, De Croo said, but there will be exceptions for people working in hospitals and care homes. "Patients are entitled to maximum protection," De Croo said.

 

[Leongsam]

UCI world cycling championships 2021 in Belgium. ONE MILLION lined the streets 10 rows deep WITH NO MASKS but cases per million still lower than sinkieland.

 

[zhihau]

KNN... is this going to be like the old game?
Chope! Bhai simi sek???

 

[tobelightlight]

The more you test the more cases there is. Because false positive. This test is not reliable at all.. How to trust all the covid restrictions and procedure.

 

[syed putra]

Rowdy celebrations erupt in Norway as COVID restrictions end​

September 26, 2021




HELSINKI (AP) — Police in Norway on Sunday reported dozens of disturbances and violent clashes including mass brawls in the Nordic country’s big cities after streets, bars, restaurants and nightclubs were filled with people celebrating the end of COVID-19 restrictions that lasted for more than a year.
The Norwegian government abruptly announced Friday that most of the remaining coronavirus restrictions would be scrapped beginning Saturday and that life in the nation of 5.3 million would return to normal.
The unexpected announcement by outgoing Prime Minister Erna Solberg to drop coronavirus restrictions the next day took many Norwegians by surprise and led to chaotic scenes in the capital, Oslo, and elsewhere in the country.
“It has been 561 days since we introduced the toughest measures in Norway in peacetime,” Solberg said on Friday at a news conference. “Now the time has come to return to a normal daily life.”
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Rowdy celebrations by hundreds of citizens across Norway started Saturday afternoon and lasted until the early hours of Sunday. Police said unrest was reported in several places, including in the southern city of Bergen and the central city of Trondheim, but the situation was the worst in Oslo.
Long lines were seen outside Oslo’s nightclubs, bars and restaurants late Saturday and police registered at least 50 fights and disturbances during the night. Neither vaccination status certificates nor negative test results are required to enter such venues in Norway.
“That’s exactly what I predicted would happen,” angry nightclub manager Johan Hoeeg Haanes in Oslo told Norwegian newspaper VG. “It was a life-threatening situation in the city because they (government) didn’t give us at least a few days advance notice. This was a dangerous situation, as police said all places were packed.”

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Denmark Urged to Remove Advice Against Travel Abroad, Following Norway’s & Sweden’s Example​

September 28, 2021

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The Danish Travel Agents and Tour Operators Association (DRF) has called on Denmark’s government to abolish travel restrictions imposed on travellers from third countries as soon as possible and abolish the advice against travel to other countries in order to ease the travel process.
The Association also called on the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to follow the example of other Nordic countries, such as Norway and Sweden, that recently decided to abolish the advice against travel to countries outside the European Union, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.
Norway recently announced that it would abolish its advice against travel, allowing its citizens to travel to other countries even for unnecessary reasons such as tourism, starting from October 1, as the advice will no longer be extended after its expiry date.
Through the letter addressed to Danish authorities, Lars Thykier, CEO, Danish Travel Agency Association, together with Henrik Specht, Director, Tour Operators in Denmark, have stressed that even though most Danish citizens are fully immunized or have previously been infected with the virus, meaning that can travel quite freely to almost all other countries, the guidelines of the Ministry of the Foreign Affairs do not reflect such a reality.
“Instead, the Ministry of the Foreign Affairs travel guides create confusion and uncertainty among both travellers and travel agents by continuing to maintain that the world outside the EU is ‘orange’, even though vaccinated and previously infected people can already travel freely to the countries concerned,” the statement published by DFR reads.

 

[winners]

Just in time for Lapland, those husky dogs and reindeer rides to be back in business again.