The nation that has declared it will “live with Covid-19” has ramped up coronavirus restrictions just days after easing them.
A sudden spike in virus cases in Singapore – infections have gone from eight to almost 200 in 10 days – has rattled the government which only on Monday had allowed larger groups of people to gather together.
Finance Minister Lawrence Wong said the Covid-19 “situation has taken a sharp turn for the worse”, while trade Minister Gan Kim Young added the implementation of restrictions “feels like a huge setback” for the city state.
On Tuesday, 182 new local infections were recorded following an outbreak at a fish market.
Nevertheless, the government still intends to significantly do away with social distancing measures in the coming months
Singapore’s ‘live with Covid’ plan
In June, the southeast Asian nation of almost six million unveiled a strategy that would be a “new normal” to “live with Covid”.
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