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Moving from Covid-19 pandemic to endemic: Singapore s strategy and how it can unfold

SINGAPORE - Singapore has started its journey towards living with Covid-19, with most restrictions expected to be lifted before the year ends. What is behind this decision? What will the new normal look like? Is the timing right? Here is a look at Singapore s strategy to deal with the pandemic and how it could unfold. Reopening with care The restrictions are hurting the economy, said Professor Euston Quah, an economics guru at the Nanyang Technological University. And Singaporeans are battle-weary, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said. Everyone agrees on the need to open up, and that this must be done when the safety of people is assured.

Ong Ye Kung hopes 70% to 80% of population can be vaccinated

The New Paper TNP PHOTO 0 Engagements To keep the population safe from Covid-19, it is best for 70 per cent to 80 per cent or more of the population here, including close to 90 per cent of the elderly, to be vaccinated against the disease, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said yesterday. Seniors are at higher risk of falling seriously ill and dying from the disease, and the higher vaccination numbers are necessary, as children aged below 12 cannot be vaccinated for now, while new and more transmissible variants are spreading. The number of children who are aged up to 11 years is slightly below 506,000.

Getting Covid-19 could soon mean an MC, isolation and self tests at home, says Ong Ye Kung

Getting Covid-19 could soon mean an MC, isolation and self tests at home, says Ong Ye Kung
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Singapore grapples with reopening plans as its rivals move on

Singapore is drawing up a roadmap that will shift focus from daily infection counts to hospitalisations, and treat Covid-19 as endemic. - AFP SINGAPORE (Bloomberg): Singapore, traditionally a global beacon of openness and connectedness, is grappling with how to chart a path through the lingering Covid-19 pandemic as officials worry that any significant relaxation will compromise their hard-won success against the virus. The city-state has largely managed to stamp out infection and only 36 people have died in the entire pandemic, compared to thousands elsewhere. With access to the highly effective messenger RNA vaccines and a largely compliant population, its immunisation rate leads the region. Singapore plans to give a first Covid-19 vaccine shot to most of its population by the end of July after securing more supplies.

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