Singapore planning for possibility that Covid-19 becomes endemic here, says Lawrence Wong


Finance Minister Lawrence Wong was asked during a press conference how Singaporeans might go about their daily lives in the coming years. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, May 29 (The Straits Times/ANN): Singapore has started planning for the possibility that Covid-19 may become endemic here, said Finance Minister Lawrence Wong.

This could mean Singaporeans will need to get booster jabs from time to time, he noted. In the coming months, better treatments could also be developed for the disease, making it less of something to fear, he added at a virtual press conference.

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