Safe distancing: Flouting of rules will only prolong existing measures

MONTHS after dining out was once again allowed in Phase Two of Singapore's re-opening following "circuit-breaker" measures, each week still brings news of more businesses, particularly food and beverage (F&B) outlets, being caught flouting Covid-19 safe management measures.

But errant establishments and customers alike should realise that such complacency, for the sake of short-term gain and gratification, could jeopardise their own interests - not just in the worst-case scenario of a second wave of infections, but also in the shared goal of getting current restrictions to be relaxed.

With community case numbers staying low, and recent news such as the opening of applications for MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) events with up to 250 attendees, some might hope that restrictions on dining and public gathering, too, will soon be relaxed.