According to officials, Singapore has vaccinated 80% of the population of 5.7 million against Covid-19, becoming the most vaccinated country in the world and laying the foundation for further relaxation of restrictions.
Singapore’s Health Minister Wang Yikang said on Facebook on Sunday: “We have crossed another milestone, and 80% of our population has received two full doses of treatment.”
“This means Singapore has taken another step forward in making us more resilient to Covid-19.”
According to Reuters trackers, this makes this small city-state the highest complete vaccination rate in the world.
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In early August, Ong stated that if Singapore can “continue to control the number of severe cases and diseases, and our medical capacity will not be overly strained”, then the country will further open its economy and allow social activities and isolation-free travel to resume.
“Our lives will be more normal, and (our) livelihoods will be better protected,” he said.
Ong described with two other ministers New normal It looks like an article in the Straits Times in June.
They said that large gatherings such as the New Year’s countdown will resume, and “companies will be confident that their operations will not be disrupted.”
Singaporeans will also be allowed to travel again, at least to countries that have also contained the virus.
they said:
We will recognize each other’s vaccination certificates. Passengers, especially those who have been vaccinated, can conduct self-test before departure, and they will be exempted from isolation if the test result is negative when they arrive.
According to Channel News Asia, Singapore reported 113 new infections on Saturday. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 67,171 cases and 55 deaths have been recorded in the country.
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