Singapore returns to work-from-home strategy as Covid-19 cases continues to surge

Staff who are unable to work from home are strongly encouraged to self-test weekly via an antigen rapid test to keep infected employees from coming to work. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, Sept 24 (Bloomberg): Singapore made work-from-home the default and tightened rules to allow a maximum of two people to meet in restaurants or other social settings, as it seeks to rein in mostly mild cases that could otherwise quadruple in two weeks and overburden hospitals.

Primary school students will have to shift to learning from home, while booster shots get extended beyond seniors to a younger age group, the government said on Friday. The moves, which take effect from Sept. 27 for about a month, appear to shift away from the country’s stated transition toward living with the virus.