Easing of Covid-19 measures will bring Singapore almost all the way to how things were before, says PM Lee


PM Lee spotted a yoga group he had encountered last year. This time, however, the same group were not wearing masks. - PHOTO: LEE HSIEN LOONG/FACEBOOK via The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, April 23 (The Straits Times/ANN): The large-scale easing of Covid-19 measures will bring Singapore almost to a place where it was before the pandemic hit the country in 2020, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Saturday (April 23).

In a Facebook post the day after these changes were announced, he called on Singaporeans to continue to be socially responsible and take care of one another.

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