Lawrence Wong now warns Singapore could face 2,000 cases per day in a month if current rate of i...

Last Friday(3 Sept), Lawrence Wong, co-chair of the COVID-19 multi-ministry task force, said that authorities will only revert to tightened restrictions as “a last resort” with 81% of Singapore’s population vaccinated.

But just yesterday, Mr. Wong beseeched the public to scale back their social interactions after Ministry of Health (MOH) urged all individuals to limit themselves to one social gathering a day, and will no longer allow social gatherings and interactions at workplaces from 8 September, in order to reduce the transmission both in community and workplaces.

He warned that cases are doubling every week as the reproduction rate here is currently more than 1.

"It means we could have 1,000 cases in two weeks, or possibly 2,000 cases in a month,” said Mr Wong.