Vaccinated Singapore a cautionary tale

Few are left to inoculate in wealthy Singapore after a vigorous campaign achieved a level of coverage envied by many nations battling the coronavirus pandemic, but a record surge in deaths and infections gives warning of risks that may still lie ahead.

Despite mask mandates, strict social curbs and Covid-19 booster doses available for over a month, infections in the Asian city-state’s latest outbreak, driven by the Delta variant, took the death toll to 280, up from 55 early in September.