Singapore must deal with current Omicron wave first before thinking of next steps

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The co-chairs of Singapore's multi-ministry task force on Covid-19 have urged patience with the country's pandemic strategy, noting that

Health Minister Ong Ye Kung pointed to how South Africa, Britain and the United States took about four to six weeks for their Omicron cases to peak

"But it's too early to tell," he said."So long as there are large segments of populations around the world remaining unvaccinated, the risk of mutation remains and you never know what the next variant will look like...There are still uncertainties for the rest of the year." "It's tiring, but on the other hand, we've made progress," said Mr Ong. He pointed to how Singapore had gone from imposing two-month circuit breaker restrictions in response to double-digit clusters in 2020, to implementing two-person group size limits to deal with the Delta variant surge last year.

 

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