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