Type of Intervention: Regulation, Specific Action
Sectors Involved: Education, Health
Intervention Categories: Adapting or closing schools; Adapting or closing offices, businesses, institutions, and operations
Level of Jurisdiction: National
Lead People/Agency: Prime Minister, Minister of Education, Minister of Health, Director of Medical Services
Overview: Further restrictions; closure of workplaces except for essential services, home-based learning for school children
Full details here: https://www.moh.gov.sg/news-highlights/details/circuit-breaker-to-minimise-further-spread-of-covid-19
Other links: 1
Type of Justification: Advice of INTERNAL government advisory committee or group, Perception of an increased threat to the country, Considered a necessary escalation of current measures
Source of Evidence or Justification: National – government
Evidence/Justification: increasing # of local cases, including those where tracing has not yet linked these to known clusters