Hong Kong’s Edge Over Singapore Shows Early Social Distancing Works
- Both cities have seen ‘second wave’ of imported virus cases
- Singapore faces challenge of regional outbreaks, worker dorms
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In the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, Singapore and Hong Kong saw similar success with dramatically different approaches. Now, Singapore may be paying the price for a strategy that sought to minimize disruption.
While Hong Kong has recently seen its case tally slow to a couple dozen a day, Singapore’s has surged 180% in the past two weeks with infections popping up in places from pre-schools to migrant worker dormitories. The city-state disclosed a further 198 cases on Friday, bringing the total to 2,108.