SMSES ON QUARANTINE ORDERS, HEALTH RISK WARNINGS AND HEALTH RISK ALERTS ALSO IN VERNACULAR LANGUAGES

2 November 2021

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NOTICE PAPER NO. 803
NOTICE OF QUESTION FOR WRITTEN ANSWER
FOR THE SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ON 2 NOVEMBER 2021

Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song
MP for Aljunied GRC

Question No. 1311

To ask the Minister for Health whether SMSes informing people of quarantine orders, health risk warnings, health risk alerts can be sent in both English and vernacular languages, to ensure the instructions are clearly understood by all recipients.

Answer

With the revised protocols which started from 11 October 2021, we are now only issuing HRWs to close contacts of COVID-19 cases. SMS notifications sent to HRWs include links for translations of the message in Mandarin, Malay and Tamil.