SINGAPORE - While other countries have taken a wide variety of approaches to their Covid-19 related border measures, Singapore is taking the middle road and is not discriminating against any country as severe cases can originate anywhere, Minister for Health Ong Ye Kung said on Monday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - While other countries have taken a wide variety of approaches to their Covid-19 related border measures, Singaporeand is not discriminating against any country as severe cases can originate anywhere, Minister for Health Ong Ye Kung said on Monday.
But others, including most countries in Asean and the Middle East, have not imposed any border measures. These measures, in addition to controls on the number of travellers, have ensured few severe cases coming from China, even as the coronavirus is spreading widely in the country, he said. The main concern currently is that with Covid-19 continuing to spread internationally, there is a greater chance that a new variant of concern may emerge from anywhere in the world, Mr Ong stated.
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