Singapore hopes to ease Covid measures after omicron peaks: Lawrence Wong
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SINGAPORE — Singapore’s Finance Minister Lawrence Wong said the country is “quietly confident” about handling the highly transmissible omicron variant, despite the recent surge in Covid cases the country recorded last week.
According to the minister, who also chairs the Covid-19 taskforce in the country, the city-state might even reconsider easing restrictions after the current wave passes.
On Monday, he said to Martin Soong at CNBC that he was confident about dealing with the “omicron wave”.
“The infect numbers are [at an]It may rise to as high as 20,000. Because of the high vaccine rate boosters, many infected people have milder symptoms.
On February 15, Singapore saw a record number of 19,420 Covid cases
Wong said that once the Omicron Wave subsides, the city-state would like to relax Covid restrictions.
There is always the possibility that there may be another, more dangerous and deadly version. We just need to be ready for it.
Lawrence Wong
Finance minister of Singapore
Minister Xavier said that the country’s intensive care and hospitals were not overloaded by recent surges in patient numbers and that the system of public health is functioning well.
We believe we can take decisive steps to ease the situation if it continues as such. “Once we have reached the peak of this omicron wave,” said he.
The end of the pandemic
Wong stated that new Covid mutations that are milder than the omicron will provide some confidence that this pandemic may be over.
He acknowledged that the world would still come across Covid mutations and variants in the short term. Singapore will be closely monitoring the situation.
“Hopefully the new mutation that will appear in the world when this happens is milder than Omicron. Wong stated that he believes that this will help us feel confident that the pandemic is over.
It is possible that the deadly and more dangerous version could be found. “So we have to be prepared,” he stated.
According to the minister, Singapore will continue to use its Covid strategies’ “vaccinations and boosters, therapeutics”, which are proven to work in restoring life to normal.
Singapore recorded 13,623 new Covid-19 cases as of noon on Monday, comprising 13,476 local and 147 imported infections, according to official health ministry statistics.The death toll due to coronavirus complications rose to 952. There were 7 deaths.
The data revealed that 94% have been vaccinated and 66% have had the booster shot.
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