Daily Dose Jun 4 : Rejuvenate
Day 2 of a new norm.
It's time to rejuvenate as news of Singapore opening up her skies and home
renovations are approved to go. Grab a cuppa and enjoy today's daily
dose.
1) 569 new cases - More cases than discharge
562 Dorms
7 community cases ( 1 SC, 3 WP, 3 Work Permit)
Dorms numbers are still not abating. It would be great if there is an update
on the number of people swabbed in dorms and how many more are expected to
be swab. This will help the community to understand the extent of the spread
in Dorms
2) Community cases rise to 7
1 SC age 81 is unlike. The rest are contacts of cases and asymptomatic
2 new clusters are established. These new clusters are disturbing
considering that we had 8 weeks of circuit breaker trying to break the cycle
of Covid19
3) More than 5400 home renovation projects to resume work
Good news for homeowners as work can now restart.
However, the workers are not required to undergo a Covid19 test if they are
residing in private residential and HDB estate as they would have completed
a mandatory 28 day stay home notice.
4) Approved travellers on new Singapore China fast lane need not serve
quarantine.
-Travellers need to agree to be tested and bear the costs on both sides of
the countries
-If tested positive, they will be hospitalised and pay for own treatment
-Open to business and official travels only
- Need Business organisation or government entity application for approval
from the authorities
- Itinerary need to be submitted and adhere
- In Spore, the traveller needs to remain in insolation for 1-2days before
test result is known. They are not allowed on mass transport and need to
download trace together app. Same rules apply to Singapore Travellers to
China
5) 5 people sentence for Covid19 related offences
Include 1 who breach Stay home notice by invited friends to the residence
because he was bored, drunk riding motorcyclist, a sex worker.
6) Nine Students fined for gathering for tea and studying in an
overcrowded apartment
There are 17 people in one apartment when they were caught!
7) How to claim income tax deduction on work from home expenses
For electricity and telephone bills, for example, the employee can compare
their bills from before they started working from home and after.
For instance, if the electricity bill was S$50 in the month before the
employee worked from home and then S$60 in the month after, then the
difference of S$10 can be claimed.
8) Dengue outbreak in Singapore
9000 infected, 12 dead
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