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S’pore’s high vaccination rate & high-trust society key to combat Omicron wave

Finance Minister Lawrence Wong said although infections are at an all-time high the situation in ICU remains under control due to our very high vaccination rate and boosters. He added that Singapore is quietly confident in dealing with Omicron wave a ...

23 February 2022

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S’pore has one of lowest Covid death rates globally because S’poreans played their part: Ng Eng Hen

Singaporeans’ collective efforts form the strongest Total Defence that cannot be easily broken and that resulted in Singapore having one of the lowest Covid-19 death rates in the world, said Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen. Emphasising the power of ...

15 February 2022

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PSA: Remember to collect your mask by Jan 23, 2022

Temasek Foundation’s sixth mask distribution exercise ends this Sunday (Jan 23, 2022, 2359). If you have not collected, you can do so by the deadline at a vending machine near you. Where to collect? You can collect your mask at almost 1,000

23 January 2022

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Overreacting & moving fast: PM Lee on govt’s decision to implement circuit breaker

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong revealed in a new book that he would rather overreact than underreact when deliberating whether to have a circuit breaker back in Apr 2020. The growing number of Covid-19 cases back then meant that the Cabinet had

20 January 2022

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PSA: You can collect your free mask from today till Jan 23, 2022

Temasek Foundation’s sixth mask distribution exercise starts today. You can now collect your mask at a vending machine near you and this is how it looks like. What to bring? Each Singapore resident may collect one free mask using an NRIC, schoo

10 January 2022

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Covid-19 ICU cases now at lowest in last quarter but Singapore needs to be prepared for Omicron wave: Ong Ye Kung

Here’s some good news to start 2022 with. Health Minister Ong Ye Kung gave an update of the Covid-19 situation in Singapore today (Jan 3, 2022), saying that current ICU cases are at around 20 cases, as compared to a peak of

3 January 2022

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‘Sibling walk-in’ vaccination arrangement available from Jan 10, 2022

It’s going to be more convenient for parents taking their children to vaccination, especially those with more than one child aged 5 to 11. All accompanying siblings of a child with an appointment on Mondays to Thursdays can walk in for their

3 January 2022

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Perspectives

Friday Soapbox: Living funeral is the best version of a funeral

There are only a few certainties in life: suffering with your football team (Ole in? Ole out!), taxes and deaths. Societies discuss and debate a lot about taxes. But much less about deaths. Death somehow remains a taboo subject for many, ...

17 December 2021

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Perspectives

The PAP government’s Covid-19 approach is about getting to the end without paying the high price

Our agile and practical approach to tackling the Covid-19 pandemic has prevented massive deaths. When the pandemic erupted last year, we quickly learned that we were dealing with an unprecedented challenge. We weighed our options very carefully ...

27 November 2021

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S’pore’s high vaccination rate & high-trust society key to combat Omicron wave

S’pore has one of lowest Covid death rates globally because S’poreans played their part: Ng Eng Hen

PSA: Remember to collect your mask by Jan 23, 2022

Overreacting & moving fast: PM Lee on govt’s decision to implement circuit breaker

PSA: You can collect your free mask from today till Jan 23, 2022

Covid-19 ICU cases now at lowest in last quarter but Singapore needs to be prepared for Omicron wave: Ong Ye Kung

‘Sibling walk-in’ vaccination arrangement available from Jan 10, 2022

Friday Soapbox: Living funeral is the best version of a funeral

The PAP government’s Covid-19 approach is about getting to the end without paying the high price

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