So one of the big things that happened over the weekend, was MOH & NEA's announcement that the Zika virus has "landed" in Singapore, and there has been at least 1 confirmed case.
Chee Soon Juan immediately grabbed the opportunity to portray himself as a Hero by accusing the Govt of "withholding information" from the public.
This is just si bey talk cock to the nth level lor.
Is Chee Soon Juan suggesting that the Govt should be taking action based on speculation?
The first case of Zika virus infection was only confirmed on 27 August.
And immediately once the Govt had the facts in hand, they held a press-conference on the very next day on 28 Aug.
Please explain how is the Govt "withholding information" from the public?
Pic: FLOP FB Page
The timeline of Events as reported By Channel News Asia.
Source: CNA
Some political parties like SDP and WP are trying to politicise the Zika outbreak claiming there was a cover up by the Govt because there were more cases before the one that was reported. But is it a cover up? Here is the response by Minister Gan Kim Yong:
"Part of the reason that we have discovered more cases is because we have now gone back to the cases that were seen before by doctors.
THERE WERE NOT SUSPECTED OF ZIKA, because they have no travel history and so on.
Now that we know there is a case ...we’ve therefore gone back to all these cases that were surfaced before, and checked their blood tests, and that’s why we have discovered more cases, as a result of the first case."
There is no way to announce the zika outbreak when the 41 cases that were discovered were not suspected to have zika in the first place.
So how do these people expect the Govt to announce if there is an outbreak before the first reported zika case?
Read more about the Zika virus in Singapore
Gov.SG Factually - How did one case of Zika infection increase to 41 within a day?
What you need to know about Zika
Channel News Asia - Locally transmitted Zika cases: A timeline
Straits Times - Zika outbreak: How events unfolded
Straits Times Zika Virus news coverage
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