Singapore's ministry of health said the move was aimed at protecting those who have not been vaccinated.
On Saturday, it said it will be launching more vaccinated travel lanes — with Canada, Denmark, France, Italy, Spain, the U.K. and the U.S.In a national address on Saturday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong elaborated on when Singapore's "new normal" could occur.
"How will we know when we get to the new normal? It will be when we can ease off restrictions, have just light [safe management measures] in place, and cases remain stable – perhaps hundreds a day, but not growing," Lee said. "When our hospitals can go back to business as usual, when we can resume doing the things we used to do, and see crowds again without getting worried or feeling strange.
He urged the nation not to be "paralyzed by fear," and said that "sooner or later, every one of us will meet the virus — this means all the elderly will meet the virus too.""It will take us at least three months, and perhaps as long as six months to get to this new norm," Lee added.Singapore had maintained a zero-Covid strategy for the most part of the pandemic, but started opening up after the population's vaccination rate hit more than 80%. As of Oct.
But after loosening restrictions, the number of cases started spiking, reaching daily record highs and hovering above 3,400 in the last few days.again in a bid to slow community transmissions and protect hospitals from being overwhelmed. They reduced group sizes for social gatherings from five to two, and set working from home as the default, encouraging the vulnerable population such as the elderly to stay home as much as possible.
As of Friday, the total number of infections stands at 120,454, with 142 deaths. However, 98.4% of infected people over the past 28 days had no symptoms or mild symptoms, according to the country's health ministry.
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