Singapore eases more mask rules as Covid-19 now treated as endemic


From Friday (March 1), Singaporeans will no longer be compulsory to wear masks in outpatient facilities which are deemed "lower-risk settings,” the Ministry of Health said in a statement. - Bloomberg

SINGAPORE: Singapore will further ease mask-wearing rules in health care facilities, saying the country has adjusted to living with Covid-19 as endemic without having to impose new curbs even during two major waves of infections.

From Friday, it will no longer be compulsory to wear masks in outpatient facilities which are deemed "lower-risk settings,” the Ministry of Health said in a statement. In higher-risk areas such as inpatient wards and emergency departments, masks will become a standing requirement for some groups to improve general infection control, it said.

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