‘Far from out of the woods’: how a Covid-19 variant put Singapore back in defensive mode Dewey Sim and Kok Xinghui in Singaporedewey.sim@scmp.comxinghui.kok@scmp.com Personnel in protective gear usher a group of migrant workers to take a bus to a quarantine facility in Singapore. Photo: Reuters Remain at home and leave the house only if it's essential. Wear a good mask with high filtration capability. Get vaccinated when your turn comes. These exhortations from Singapore's health authorities underscore how seriously they are treating the current spike in local infections, even though the outbreak is smaller than the one last year involving dormitories housing low-wage migrant workers, and less severe compared to the daily caseload of its Southeast Asian neighbours.