Singapore easing COVID curbs 'step by step', has avoided 'unsettling U-turns': Lee Hsien Loong

  • 📰 YahooSG
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 20 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 11%
  • Publisher: 71%

Singapore Headlines News

Singapore Latest News,Singapore Headlines

'It is not my logic which persuades people, but they watch you, they listen to you. They either have confidence in you and faith in you or they decide: Well, he sounds good, but I am not following him,' said the PM. COVID19

SINGAPORE — Singapore is easing up on COVID-19 restrictions "step by step" as it moves into the endemic phase of the pandemic, "without having had to make unsettling U-turns", said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

At the same time, it is trying to persuade Singaporeans that it is necessary to accept a few thousand COVID cases a day. Nevertheless, there will be casualties, mainly old people. When Micklethwait asked if the 61,000 unvaccinated individuals above 60 are preventing the country from opening up further, Lee noted that the "human cost" of writing them off would be a high one.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 3. in SG

Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Australia returns 500,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to SingaporeAustralia has returned about half a million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Singapore, as part of a dose-sharing arrangement between the countries.
Source: YahooSG - 🏆 3. / 71 Read more »

Singapore reports 2,069 new COVID-19 cases and 18 more deathsSINGAPORE: Singapore reported 2,069 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Tuesday (Nov 16) as 18 more people died from complications due to the coronavirus. The fatalities were aged between 67 and 95. All of them had various underlying medical conditions. The Ministry of Health (MOH) did not specify what t HOW MANY MORE MUST DIE? Please check with Japan, India, Indonesia, Philippines in bringing DOWN the Covid Cases & Death. ALL LIVE MATTERS. Highest death toll in single day Why this is not the headline? Oh ya, local media now under gov? Of course NOT massive enough for heartless sporeMOH dua Kung! Hope for any elite died to capture some attentions for the dead’s? leehsienloong allsgstuff TanChengBock hcsghcsg
Source: ChannelNewsAsia - 🏆 6. / 66 Read more »

Singapore reports 3,474 new COVID-19 cases and 7 more deathsSINGAPORE: Singapore reported 3,474 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Wednesday (Nov 17), as seven more people died from complications due to the coronavirus. The fatalities were aged between 47 and 83. All of them had various underlying medical conditions. The Ministry of Health (MOH) did not spe Tell us how many tests are done HOW MANY MORE MUST DIE? No Action Monitor Only.
Source: ChannelNewsAsia - 🏆 6. / 66 Read more »

'Life back to normal': More Covid-19 curbs eased in MelbourneSYDNEY — Melbourne's pubs and cafes can have unlimited patrons from Thursday (Nov 18) night, while stadiums can return to full capacity as authorities lifted nearly all remaining Covid-19 restrictions for the vaccinated residents in Australia's second-largest city.
Source: TODAYonline - 🏆 1. / 99 Read more »

Singapore trying to ease up 'step-by-step' on COVID-19 without making 'unsettling' U-turns: PM LeeSINGAPORE: Singapore is gradually easing COVID-19 safety measures and making sure the situation stabilises with each step of easing, so as to avoid \u0022unsettling\u0022 U-turns, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Wednesday (Nov 17). Speaking to Bloomberg editor-in-chief John Micklethwait at the close of t
Source: ChannelNewsAsia - 🏆 6. / 66 Read more »

Covid-19: 16 women charged with attending 20-person birthday party at Hougang flatSINGAPORE — Sixteen women were charged on Wednesday (Nov 17) with breaching Covid-19 rules by attending a 20-person birthday party at an Hougang flat last year.
Source: TODAYonline - 🏆 1. / 99 Read more »