Singapore may have to ‘learn to live’ with Covid-19, minister says in call to boost vaccinations

A man cycles along the Marina Bay promenade in Singapore on May 7, 2021. - AFP

SINGAPORE, May 11, (The Straits Times/ANN): Singapore’s leaders on Tuesday ramped up their calls for residents to be vaccinated, cautioning them that with the emergence of new coronavirus strains, Covid-19 may become endemic and the country would have to end up living with it.

Authorities also stressed that unlike countries such as China and Australia that had the luxury to adopt tighter border restrictions, Singapore – a small and open economy – could not shut itself off forever.