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The island nation is looking like a real-time illustration of how challenging the pivot away from a Covid-19 elimination strategy is going to be.

Singapore had seemed like a poster child for pandemic management, but now it is looking like a real-time illustration of how challenging the pivot away from 'zero COVID-19' is going to be.

Transiting to living with Covid-19 might be easier if people are not being bombarded - and frightened - by numbers every night, says Salma Khalik.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Thursday, Sept 16.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE - Ten people have died from Covid-19 this month, even as more than three in four people here have become fully vaccinated. Against this, we had 37 deaths between January last year, when Covid-19 arrived in Singapore, and July 2021. Over that period, more than 64,000 people had been diagnosed with the disease. So why has the number of...

With the Delta variant being so transmissible, measures that had worked well last year are now less effective.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Ten people have died from Covid-19 this month, even as more than three in four people here have become fully vaccinated.

Experts say there is little to be gained by delaying exit measures beyond this month. - ST SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Singapore should implement its exit strategy from Covid-19 restrictions soon, given that the number of people stepping up to be vaccinated has tailed off. These days, only about 8,000 are coming forward daily for their first dose. As at Aug 3, 4.33 million people had received at least one dose of the vaccine against Covid-19. It is only fair to give these people time to...

July 20, 2021 The only way so many patrons and staff could get affected at former KTV outlets that had supposedly pivoted to serving only food and drinks is that laws have been flouted. The Straits Times SINGAPORE - There is an ongoing surge in Covid-19 cases, with 480 people getting infected over the past week. This exceeds the total number of infections reported over the previous month. Most of the new cases can be traced either to the cluster linked to KTV lounges, or to the one at Jurong Fi...

Should the vaccination be made mandatory at some point? We examine this and other vaccine-related issues.. Read more at straitstimes.com.