Healthcare Minister Gan Kim Yong has heartfelt thanks for healthcare workers for the colossal effort they put in to keep Singapore safe.

Healthcare Minister Gan Kim Yong has heartfelt thanks for healthcare workers for the colossal effort they put in to keep Singapore safe.

It's timely to reflect on what we have gone through even as we enter Phase 3.

Mr Gan said the experience of 2020 will be etched deeply in our collective memory long after this pandemic is over.

Gan Kim Yong: giving up was never an option.

 

At the peak, Singapore saw a staggering record of more than 1400 new cases a day in April.

From the initial days of anxiety and uncertainty, we quickly improvised and adapted our structures and processes to find novel ways of caring for every patient, COVID-19 or otherwise.

We deployed medical teams to community care facilities and dormitories, augmented our healthcare workforce with the SG Healthcare Corps, and work closely with partners across the public and private sectors to screen, test and care for patients.

Giving up was never an option. As a nation, we pressed on and through a colossal effort, with every Singaporean playing their part, we eventually managed to bring our local transmissions down to its low levels today, with zero cases on some days.

- Health Minister Gan Kim Yong in his letter to colleagues in healthcare