Impact of COVID-19 Circuit Breaker on Singapore Society

Relevance of COVID-19 pandemic in understanding social life

As  COVID-19  infections  increased  in  Singapore, the government took  steps  to  mitigate  and control the spread with the announcement of a two-month “circuit breaker”lasting from April-June  2020. The  pandemic  and  specifically, the  circuit  breaker  has  altered  the  lives  and routines of people. Read the following articles forbackground.Baker, Jalelah Abu.(2020, June 2). “Singapore’s circuit breaker and beyond: Timeline of the COVID-19    reality”. Channel News Asia.Retrieved from oh,  Christopher.(2020,  December  22). “From  face  masks  to  Zoom:  How  our  lifestyles changed    in    the    year    of    the    pandemic”. Channel    News    Asia.Retrieved    from This  assignment seeks  your  views  and  opinionson  the  impact  this  episode has  had  on Singaporesociety, by addressing the following tasks.

a)Explainwhy  theCOVID-19 globalpandemic  ispertinentand  relevant inunderstanding society and social life?Describe howinSingapore, boththegovernment and peoplehave respondedto the pandemicin the initial phases.

b)Usingat least two concepts from the social and behavioural sciences, presentan account of  how  the  circuit  breaker  affected  the  various  ways  and  areas  in  which the  everyday routines  of  people  were  affected  or  disrupted. In  addition, consider the various  social institutions that are a part of people’s everyday  lives,  which  may  have  been  affected  by the circuit breaker

c)Using  relevant  examples  from  your  earlier  responsesin  (a)  and  (b), identifyand presenttwo industriesor  business  sectors  that  could  have  gone  obsolete/non-functioningduring thecircuit  breaker.Use  relevant  social  and  behavioural  science  concepts  to demonstrate your understanding of the connection between these industries and people’s engagements with it as a part of their routine and everyday live