Singapore to hold off further reopening to evaluate Omicron variant

Published
0

Singaporean authorities say they will hold off on further reopening measures while they evaluate the Omicron Covid-19 variant and will boost testing of travellers and frontline workers to reduce the risk of local transmission, Reuters reports.

"This is a prudent thing to do for now, when we are faced with a major uncertainty," Health Minister Ong Ye Kung told a media briefing, adding the variant had not yet been detected locally.

A bus driver sprays disinfectant on the luggage of passengers travelling to Malaysia at a bus station in Singapore, November 29. — Reuters
A bus driver sprays disinfectant on the luggage of passengers travelling to Malaysia at a bus station in Singapore, November 29. — Reuters

Opinion

Editorial

Risks ahead
Updated 02 Oct, 2026

Risks ahead

To think that the government would rather push out an elected government than grant a single prisoner some facilities does not square up rationally.
Exit from Iraq
02 Oct, 2026

Exit from Iraq

AMERICAN and British troops have once again shipped out of Iraq. On Wednesday, the foreign forces left the Arab...
Lahore’s ozone warning
02 Oct, 2026

Lahore’s ozone warning

LAHORE has received another warning that its air pollution crisis cannot be treated as a problem that begins with...
Fixing bond markets
Updated 01 Oct, 2026

Fixing bond markets

Pension funds, insurance companies, mutual funds, retail investors, and eventually, foreign investors must become bigger participants in the market.
Call centre rackets
01 Oct, 2026

Call centre rackets

A NUMBER of recent raids conducted by the authorities in different cities point to the growing threat fraudulent ...
Homeward bound
01 Oct, 2026

Homeward bound

FIVE months after Somali pirates captured an oil tanker carrying a 19-member multinational crew, Somali maritime...