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Originally Posted by nono1973
Singapore advise on 1 meter social distancing. Taiwan is on 1.5 meter. I'll try to keep 1.5 meter at least. I remember in my last trip in Batam while taking the elevator up to the 5th floor of my room. The elevator was fully pack and i am the only person wearing a mask and "dog tag" on.
15th of March in Batam, at Grand Batam Mall 1st floor...hehehe... 
Notice the crowd? How pack it is with an ongoing event.
Situation isnt as bad as claim tho. If there is a chance to allow me to do a analysis of my own, i would say that at this current point of posting, or even if i were to backdate the entire situation till 15th March 2020, situation on the corona epidemic in Batam is by far at least 2 lamp post better than in Singapore. (No need to believe what i say here,hehehe...)
Of course, this analysis is just my own perspective after looking at both side.
The setback in Batam is that once you get "it" (covid-19), the medical facilities there (in Batam) would have the least possible solution to help. |
...continue from the 15th March trip posting...
On the 16th March 2020, my returned to Singapore from Batam...
Have to return by 2359 on 16th March 2020, or else will have to go to the so call 14 days "jail" aka SHN (stay-home-notice) w/o compensation.
The ferry was around 75% filled, i think (not as crowded as during CNY time tho,hehehe...). Mostly filled with Singaporean as i overheard lots of in-ferry people complaining. I was at the Business class seat and it was a little less than half filled. Hehehe...at least i still can take up 2 seats (1 for me and one for my haversack), nearest person was 3 seats away from me (seat beside my haversack was empty). He's lucky, he took that seat which was alcohol-cleaned by me. 7 out of 10 were mask-on and i was one of them.
Note : At the point of March 2020, the Singapore/Indonesia government has not compulsorily make its citizen to mask-up yet.
My little worry during my return trip was few were coughing rather vigorously and one of them were not wearing a mask. So i have to keep "cleaning the air" within my 1 meter radius me. Its an enclosed area and i will be in it for about an hour or so.
Image shows how much extend a single cough would go to affect others....but well, after more than a month after returning from Batam. Which is why i said in my earlier post, "all's well".
https://sammythe.guru/showthread.php?p=...7#post19973367
And hopefully remain well throughout this covid-19 epidemic.
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The other small worry that i had during my Batam trip was in the elevator from the hotel, which was fully-packed. Batam has no business during the beginning March period? The hotel i stayed in was at least 75% full...bad choice. Very bad choice indeed.
I will come to my part of bad choice hotel later.
Wasnt an angry/bad trip but its not a good trip either ,due to covid-19 but still, while i am disappointed,i still considered myself lucky.