Justification for Provision of Allowance for Cases under Quarantine Order but Not for Isolation Order

Debated in Parliament on 5 Jul 2022.

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Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim questioned why an allowance is provided for those under a Quarantine Order but not for those under an Isolation Order, given similar work stoppage.
Ong Ye Kung explained that Quarantine Orders target close contacts who are well but restricted, with allowances to encourage compliance and cushion economic impact.
He noted that Isolation Orders apply to infectious COVID-19-positive persons, who are not provided allowances as per standard practice for other illnesses.
The policy distinction reflects the different public health purposes: containment of spread versus treatment of active cases.

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Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim

Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for Health what is the justification for an allowance to be provided under a Quarantine Order (QO), but not under an Isolation Order (IO), which requires comparable stoppage of work.

Ong Ye Kung

Quarantine Orders are issued to a close contact of a COVID-19-positive person to ringfence the spread of the disease. So, the quarantined person is well, able to work but not allowed to. The Quarantine Order Allowance Scheme was introduced to encourage the adherence to the quarantine and to cushion the impact on self-employed persons and companies.

Isolation Orders are issued to a COVID-19-positive person who is infectious and is not expected to move around. There is no allowance allocated to such a person, as in all other illnesses.

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Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim questioned why an allowance is provided for those under a Quarantine Order but not for those under an Isolation Order, given similar work stoppage.
Ong Ye Kung explained that Quarantine Orders target close contacts who are well but restricted, with allowances to encourage compliance and cushion economic impact.
He noted that Isolation Orders apply to infectious COVID-19-positive persons, who are not provided allowances as per standard practice for other illnesses.
The policy distinction reflects the different public health purposes: containment of spread versus treatment of active cases.

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Justification for Provision of Allowance for Cases under Quarantine Order but Not for Isolation Order

Debated in Parliament on 5 Jul 2022.

Summary written by AI (learn more)

Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim questioned why an allowance is provided for those under a Quarantine Order but not for those under an Isolation Order, given similar work stoppage.
Ong Ye Kung explained that Quarantine Orders target close contacts who are well but restricted, with allowances to encourage compliance and cushion economic impact.
He noted that Isolation Orders apply to infectious COVID-19-positive persons, who are not provided allowances as per standard practice for other illnesses.
The policy distinction reflects the different public health purposes: containment of spread versus treatment of active cases.

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Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim

Ong Ye Kung

Isolation Orders are issued to a COVID-19-positive person who is infectious and is not expected to move around. There is no allowance allocated to such a person, as in all other illnesses.

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Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim questioned why an allowance is provided for those under a Quarantine Order but not for those under an Isolation Order, given similar work stoppage.
Ong Ye Kung explained that Quarantine Orders target close contacts who are well but restricted, with allowances to encourage compliance and cushion economic impact.
He noted that Isolation Orders apply to infectious COVID-19-positive persons, who are not provided allowances as per standard practice for other illnesses.
The policy distinction reflects the different public health purposes: containment of spread versus treatment of active cases.

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Justification for Provision of Allowance for Cases under Quarantine Order but Not for Isolation Order

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Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim

Ong Ye Kung

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Justification for Provision of Allowance for Cases under Quarantine Order but Not for Isolation Order

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Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim

Ong Ye Kung

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