Singapore says its residents have been vaccinated 80%, marking a gradual reopening

Singapore announced on Sunday that 80% of its 5.9 million population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Health Minister Wang Yikang wrote in the letter Facebook Singapore has “crossed another milestone.”

“This means Singapore has taken another step forward in making itself more resilient to COVID-19. This is the result of the collective efforts of many people working behind the scenes and Singaporeans who have come forward to take care of themselves and their people. “Kung said.

The Minister of Health noted that more than 4,300 people have been vaccinated against COVID according to the state’s home vaccination work.

Kung said that Singapore plans to complete all family vaccinations by the end of September.

“Every week, we continue to receive approximately 700 home vaccination requests. To meet the demand, thanks to the help of more than 200 volunteer doctors and nurses and the Singapore Armed Forces, we have increased the number of home vaccination teams from 11 to 33 The team,” Kung said. “As a result, we are now able to reduce the waiting time from eight weeks to four weeks.”

Singaporean officials hope to use the high vaccination rate as a reason to gradually reopen the island nation.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) stated in a statement on August 19 that as vaccination rates soar, Singapore will take further steps to reopen its borders “in a cautious and gradual manner.”

According to CAAS, starting from September 8, Singapore will allow fully vaccinated travelers from Germany and Brunei to enter the city-state without isolation.

Through the new vaccination travel route arrangement, passengers will undergo multiple COVID PCR tests before departure and after arrival.

This month, Singapore allowed 50% of its employees to return to the office, According to BloombergAnd let the fully vaccinated people eat in the restaurant.

Shopping malls and movie theaters are allowed to increase capacity, and temperature checks are no longer required in public places.

The Ministry of Health issued a statement on its latest COVID-19 data on Sunday, stating that in the past 28 days, 9.2% of unvaccinated people were either seriously ill or died of COVID.

according to Bloomberg, Singapore is expected to start providing COVID vaccines to children under 12 years old early next year, and it is currently considering launching booster injections for some fully vaccinated people.

May, Singapore Ministry of Health denied India claimed to have discovered a deadly new variant of COVID-19 in this city-state, saying it “has no truth”.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called for the suspension of flights from Singapore to India, claiming that the new strain is “extremely dangerous to children.”

Kejriwal added that this new variant may lead to a third major coronavirus outbreak as India is already working to control the infection.

Weekly newspaper Contacted the Ministry of Health of Singapore for comments on the reopening plan and COVID cases, but received no immediate response.