Singapore Treats COVID-19 Like Common Flu, Ready To Live Side By Side With Corona Virus

Liputan6.com, Singapore – Singapore will prepare its inhabitants to face COVID-19 as part of their daily life and people will be able to work, travel and shop without quarantine, too lockdown.

With enough people vaccinated, COVID-19 will be treated like other endemic diseases such as the common cold and hand, foot and mouth disease, the three deputy heads of the Singapore ministry’s COVID-19 task force said, as they outlined plans for transitioning to new normal.

Minister of Trade and Industry Singapore, Gan Kim Yong, Finance Minister Lawrence Wong and Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said that the priority in the next few months is to prepare Singapore to live with COVID-19 as a disease that will reoccur and can be controlled. The Straits Tmes, Monday (28/6/2021).

“It’s been 18 months since the pandemic started and our people are tired of fighting. Everyone is asking: When and how will the pandemic end?” said the three ministers.

“The bad news is COVID-19 may never disappear. The good news is that it is possible to live normally with him in our midst, “they said.

Singapore has taken steps to prepare for COVID-19 to become endemic and has stepped up vaccination efforts as it struggles to curb a spike in infections.

COVID-19 Vaccination in Singapore also seems to have been effective in reducing the rate of infection and transmission.

By the beginning of next month, two-thirds of the population in Singapore will receive at least one injection of two COVID-19 vaccines, ministers said.

“Our next milestone is to vaccinate at least two thirds of our population with two doses until National Day, when supply allows. We are working to advance vaccine delivery and to speed up the process,” they added.

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