SINGAPORE
Singapore will implement additional precautionary measures to slow the transmission of the COVID-19 virus. These include travel advisories against all non-essential travel and border restrictions for Italy, France, Spain and Germany, as well as additional social distancing measures within Singapore.
COVID-19 is making people crazy and is pretty much everything we hear/see in the news . . . we were at the grocery store buying toilet paper, pasta, rice, and other staples. All of the other ‘horders’ were already there beating us to the punch Toilet paper, paper towels, flour, hand sanitizer are out. Other staples are still available but I can see a strain on the people who work in the grocery stores. Seriously, I’ve not seen our grocery store this crowded except for between Christmas and New Year when they have basically two three day holiday periods where stores are closed.
The economic impact is just now starting; the German DAX (their wall street) is crashing, airlines/trains/buses are pretty much empty as people cut back on travel .
The Bavarian government has closed all schools and kindergartens starting on Monday for at least five weeks. The kids will love it but I’m not so sure about the parents. The professional soccer league (Bundesliga) will play games this weekend in front of empty stadiums. Full suspension is expected next week.
Border controls are much stricter. The Czech government has essentially closed their border with Germany. It will get worse before it gets better.