‘Extraordinary times’: Chinese in Singapore queue to send medicine back home amid Covid wave
- One courier service had to limit the number of customers sending medical supplies to China, which is dealing with a surging Covid-19 outbreak
- China has seen a surge in coronavirus cases and reports of drug shortages after the country eased Covid restrictions earlier this month
An employee said that since Tuesday, Shun Xing had to limit the number of customers sending medical supplies to China to 50 a day. Customers sending non-medical supplies are not subject to this cap.
This was after “too many” people came to send medication on Monday, forming a queue that extended all the way to the bus stop, said the employee, who asked not to be named as he was not authorised to speak to media.
China eased nationwide Covid-19 restrictions on December 7, scrapping the need for frequent mass testing, and introducing home quarantine for some patients as well as shorter and more precise lockdowns.
China’s top health body has said the true scale of Covid-19 infections in the country is now “impossible” to track, with officials warning cases were rising rapidly in Beijing after the government abandoned its zero-Covid policy.
