Singapore Aims to Calm Covid Fears Amid Surge in Milder Cases

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Singapore is highlighting the Covid infection of its 63-year-old defense minister as a way to soothe ongoing fears in the city state about the virus, despite one of the highest vaccination and booster rates in the world.

“The vaccine and booster have turned a potentially life-threatening disease to a mild one – a bad sore throat,” wrote Ng Eng Hen, in a Facebook post on Tuesday.