Singapore start getting ready for new normal, consider COVID-19 as an endemic disease like the flu. A number of restrictions will begin to be relaxed.
“It’s been 18 months since the pandemic started, and our people are tired of fighting. Everyone is asking: When will the pandemic end?” Singapore’s Cross-Ministerial COVID-19 Task Force wrote in an article in The Straits Times.
“The bad news is that COVID-19 may never go away. The good news is that a normal life of COVID-19 in our midst is possible,” he continued.
Minister of Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong, Minister of Finance Lawrence Wong and Minister of Health Ong Ye Kung who are co-chair The task force wrote down the new normal plan in an article entitled “Living normally, with Covid-19“.
In the article, they also alluded to the resemblance of COVID-19 to influenza or the flu. Many get the flu every year but the chances of getting sick are low and can be prevented with a few simple steps.
“We can have similar results for COVID-19. We can’t eradicate it, but we can turn the pandemic into something less threatening, like influenza, ‘hand, foot and mouth disease’ (also known as Singapore Flu), and chickenpox. , and live a normal life,” they said.
COVID-19 vaccine is urgently
But that doesn’t mean giving up, Singapore has made a number of priority steps to get there. First, vaccination will be accelerated so that at least two thirds of the population will get a full vaccination on National Day commemoration, next August.
“We are ‘on track’ to achieve that target,” stressed the ministers.
Another step that is also a priority is to simplify testing, especially at the border to identify anyone carrying the virus, especially new variants that are wary of. Residents will also be allowed to do rapid test antigen alone.
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