Singapore to Simplify ‘Difficult to Understand’ Virus Rules
- Subsequent easing of curbs will be done in different stages
- More attention to be paid to hospitalizations than daily cases
A customer purchases an Antigen Rapid Testing (ART) Self-Test Kit from a vending machine in Singapore.
Photographer: Lauryn Ishak/BloombergSingapore plans to simplify Covid-19 restrictions that have built up in the city-state since the start of the pandemic and intends to further ease entry rules for vaccinated travelers, with the worst of the current omicron wave seen to be over.
The island, which boasts a 95% vaccination rate among the eligible population, will look to pay more attention to hospitalizations rather than daily cases to guide its strategy, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said at a briefing Friday. Further easing of measures will only take place “when conditions are right and the healthcare workload has eased, which we expect in the coming weeks,” the health ministry said in a statement.