Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong receives a booster shot of Covid-19 vaccine at the Singapore General Hospital in Singapore, on Friday (Sept 17, 2021). - Reuters
SINGAPORE, Sept 17 (Reuters): Singapore, which has one of the world's highest Covid-19 vaccination rates, is seeing encouraging signs that the number of severe cases is not rising at the same pace as new infections, a senior health official said on Friday.
The country reported 910 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, the most in 15 months, with average new daily infections rising from 146 two weeks ago to 682 in the past week.
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