Singapore plans out new normal life with COVID-19 endemic
The Hindu
Singapore has been taking steps to prepare for COVID-19 becoming endemic, and has ramped up its vaccination drive, amid the battle to bring down the spike in cases.
The deadly coronavirus may never go away, but it is possible to live "normally with it in our midst", Singapore’s three ministers of a multi-ministry task force on coronavirus said on Thursday as they outlined plans for the country’s transition to a new normal. They said with enough people vaccinated, COVID-19 will be managed like other endemic diseases such as the common flu and hand, foot and mouth disease in Singapore. A road map is being drawn up to shift to this new normal, and it will be done in tandem with achieving certain vaccination milestones, said the co-chairmen, Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong, Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong and Minister for Health Ong Ye Kung.More Related News