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The Covid Experience: Dispatches from AsiaSubmissions by Country/TerritorySingaporeDaniel Neo Quick links: Introduction / Submissions by Country/Territory A Bangladeshi migrant worker confined behind the fence of purpose-built dormitory PPT1B, also more commonly known as S11@Punggol, on 7th April 2020. It is well known locally as the biggest COVID-19 cluster with more than 2800 cases alone. It…

The Covid Experience: Dispatches from AsiaSubmissions by Country/TerritorySingaporeKay-Chin Tay Quick links: Introduction / Submissions by Country/Territory At the peak of the pandemic, most of Singapore was shut down from April 7 to June 1, 2020. During this period, most businesses, including barbershops, were closed and I had to invest in an electric hair cutter to…

The Covid Experience: Dispatches from AsiaSubmissions by Country/TerritorySingaporeBrian Teo Quick links: Introduction / Submissions by Country/Territory A student from Clementi Primary School hiding from his friends during a game of catching on 24 June 2020. As schools gradually reopened from 2 June 2020, students were finally able to experience physical lessons instead of home-based learning,…

The Covid Experience: Dispatches from AsiaSubmissions by Country/TerritorySingaporeJeremy Ho Quick links: Introduction / Submissions by Country/Territory On a day in April, the first month of circuit breaker in Singapore, morning light hits the folds of the bed comforter in a way that reminds me of a few things. The contours of mountains faraway of trekking…

The Covid Experience: Dispatches from AsiaSubmissions by Country/TerritorySingaporeDave Lim Quick links: Introduction / Submissions by Country/Territory A crowd gathers outside of Block 1 Redhill Close on the 9th August 2020, Singapore’s National Day for the military mobile column. Block 1 Redhill Close is also a temporary site of housing for foreign workers who have recovered…

The Covid Experience: Dispatches from AsiaSubmissions by Country/TerritorySingaporeDarren Soh Quick links: Introduction / Submissions by Country/Territory A lone woman in a mask walks across Battery Road in the Central Business District of Singapore just past 0900hrs on 8th June 2020. At a time where Battery Road would usually be busy with the office crowd, there…

The Covid Experience: Dispatches from AsiaSubmissions by Country/TerritorySingaporeYong-Teck Lim Quick links: Introduction / Submissions by Country/Territory Singapore’s Prime Minister and People’s Action Party Secretary-General Lee Hsien Loong wears a mask adorned with his party logo as he waits to field questions from the media at a nomination center ahead of the Singapore general election on…

The Covid Experience: Dispatches from AsiaSubmissions by Country/TerritorySingaporeDaisuke Chew Quick links: Introduction / Submissions by Country/Territory Garden Ducks. Except for essential activity, people were encouraged to stay home and not go out during the Circuit Breaker period in Singapore from April to June 2020. For most of us, our everyday work and social patterns needed…

The Covid Experience: Dispatches from AsiaSubmissions by Country/TerritorySingaporeFeline Lim Quick links: Introduction / Submissions by Country/Territory Beachgoer Eugenia Yip gestures towards a plane headed for Changi Airport in Singapore, August 27, 2020. “I didn’t quite realise how good we had it until our privilege to travel got taken away by the pandemic. I miss having…

The Covid Experience: Dispatches from AsiaSubmissions by Country/TerritorySingaporeSoh Wee Ling Quick links: Introduction / Submissions by Country/Territory Mask-wearing market-goers walk past a grocery store at Little India on January 16, 2021. It has been nine months since Singapore made the use of masks mandatory to tackle the spread of COVID-19. For a country with no…