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Singapore Reopens Its Borders To International Visitors Ater 2 Years
Singapore fully reopened its borders to all vaccinated visitors Friday after a two-year coronavirus closure, with arrivals saying it felt "wonderful" to travel again without onerous restrictions.
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Singapore Says 30% Of Total Covid Deaths In 2021 Were Of Fully-Vaccinated
Fully vaccinated individuals accounted for 30 per cent of Singapore's total COVID-19 related deaths last year, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said in Parliament on Monday.
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Omicron May Become Dominant Covid Strain In Singapore In 2 Months: Experts
The highly contagious Omicron variant could become a dominant coronavirus strain in Singapore in the next two months, completely replacing the Delta variant, a senior infectious diseases expert has warned.
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Covid Vaccination Mandatory In Singapore From February 2022
Singapore has made Covid vaccination a mandatory condition for the approval of new applications for work passes, long-term passes and permanent residence in Singapore from February 1 next year.
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Singapore Runs Short Of Nurses, Hospitals Offer Finder's Fee For Experienced Staff
Singapore hospitals and clinics are so desperate for nurses that at least one private hospital group is offering a "finder's fee" of SGD12,000 for staff to help recruit an experienced nurse.
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Singapore's Daily Covid Cases Exceed 5,000 In 'Unusual Surge'
Singapore's Covid-19 daily case count surged above 5,000 for the first time due to an unusual spike within a few hours, which health ministry officials are looking into.
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"Unusual Surge" In Singapore's Covid Cases Brings Hospitals Under Pressure
Singapore's health ministry said it is looking into an "unusual surge" in infections after the city-state reported 5,324 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, the most since the beginning of the pandemic.
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Singapore's Ambitious Quarantine-Free Travel Plan Eyes Covid "New Normal"
Singapore is opening its borders to more countries for quarantine-free travel as the city-state seeks to rebuild its status as an international aviation hub, and prepares to reach a "new normal" to live with COVID-19.
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Cases Surge But Singapore Hasn't Blinked on Reopening- Yet
Singapore is hitting Covid-19 case levels not seen since the early days of the outbreak, putting the city-state's recent pledge to slowly open up and live with the virus to the test.
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Singapore Sequencing Reveals Delta Variant Crowding Out Others
Covid-19 sequencing in Singapore has revealed the emergence of the delta variant as the country's major local virus strain, underscoring the highly infectious nature of the mutation that has proliferated globally since its first detection in India.
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Singapore Covid Variant Affecting Children? What We Know So Far
Delhi Chief Arvind Kejriwal has demanded from the centre that flights to and from Singapore must be banned as a new coronavirus variant has been detected in the country.
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Singapore Begins COVID-19 Vaccinations With Pfizer In One Of Asia's First
Singapore began vaccinating healthcare workers with Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, kicking off one of Asia's first inoculation programmes against a pandemic that has killed more than 1.7 million people globally.
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Singapore Doctors Studying Impact Of Covid-19 On Unborn Babies: Report
Doctors are studying the impact of COVID-19 on unborn babies in Singapore, where an infant delivered by an infected mother earlier this month had antibodies against the virus but did not carry the disease.
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All Aboard: Singapore "Cruise To Nowhere" Sets Sail
Hundreds of passengers were setting sail from Singapore Friday on a "cruise to nowhere" with safety measures in place to prevent coronavirus outbreaks, as the industry seeks to bounce back from a pandemic-induced crunch.
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$9,000 Fine For Singapore Manager For Confining 3 Indians For 40 Days
A company manager in Singapore was fined Singapore dollars 9,000 on Thursday for wrongfully confining three Indian nationals working for him in a room for around 40 days amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Singapore Reopens Its Borders To International Visitors Ater 2 Years
Singapore fully reopened its borders to all vaccinated visitors Friday after a two-year coronavirus closure, with arrivals saying it felt "wonderful" to travel again without onerous restrictions.
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Singapore Says 30% Of Total Covid Deaths In 2021 Were Of Fully-Vaccinated
Fully vaccinated individuals accounted for 30 per cent of Singapore's total COVID-19 related deaths last year, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said in Parliament on Monday.
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Omicron May Become Dominant Covid Strain In Singapore In 2 Months: Experts
The highly contagious Omicron variant could become a dominant coronavirus strain in Singapore in the next two months, completely replacing the Delta variant, a senior infectious diseases expert has warned.
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Covid Vaccination Mandatory In Singapore From February 2022
Singapore has made Covid vaccination a mandatory condition for the approval of new applications for work passes, long-term passes and permanent residence in Singapore from February 1 next year.
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Singapore Runs Short Of Nurses, Hospitals Offer Finder's Fee For Experienced Staff
Singapore hospitals and clinics are so desperate for nurses that at least one private hospital group is offering a "finder's fee" of SGD12,000 for staff to help recruit an experienced nurse.
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Singapore's Daily Covid Cases Exceed 5,000 In 'Unusual Surge'
Singapore's Covid-19 daily case count surged above 5,000 for the first time due to an unusual spike within a few hours, which health ministry officials are looking into.
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"Unusual Surge" In Singapore's Covid Cases Brings Hospitals Under Pressure
Singapore's health ministry said it is looking into an "unusual surge" in infections after the city-state reported 5,324 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, the most since the beginning of the pandemic.
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Singapore's Ambitious Quarantine-Free Travel Plan Eyes Covid "New Normal"
Singapore is opening its borders to more countries for quarantine-free travel as the city-state seeks to rebuild its status as an international aviation hub, and prepares to reach a "new normal" to live with COVID-19.
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Cases Surge But Singapore Hasn't Blinked on Reopening- Yet
Singapore is hitting Covid-19 case levels not seen since the early days of the outbreak, putting the city-state's recent pledge to slowly open up and live with the virus to the test.
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Singapore Sequencing Reveals Delta Variant Crowding Out Others
Covid-19 sequencing in Singapore has revealed the emergence of the delta variant as the country's major local virus strain, underscoring the highly infectious nature of the mutation that has proliferated globally since its first detection in India.
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Singapore Covid Variant Affecting Children? What We Know So Far
Delhi Chief Arvind Kejriwal has demanded from the centre that flights to and from Singapore must be banned as a new coronavirus variant has been detected in the country.
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Singapore Begins COVID-19 Vaccinations With Pfizer In One Of Asia's First
Singapore began vaccinating healthcare workers with Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, kicking off one of Asia's first inoculation programmes against a pandemic that has killed more than 1.7 million people globally.
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Singapore Doctors Studying Impact Of Covid-19 On Unborn Babies: Report
Doctors are studying the impact of COVID-19 on unborn babies in Singapore, where an infant delivered by an infected mother earlier this month had antibodies against the virus but did not carry the disease.
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All Aboard: Singapore "Cruise To Nowhere" Sets Sail
Hundreds of passengers were setting sail from Singapore Friday on a "cruise to nowhere" with safety measures in place to prevent coronavirus outbreaks, as the industry seeks to bounce back from a pandemic-induced crunch.
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$9,000 Fine For Singapore Manager For Confining 3 Indians For 40 Days
A company manager in Singapore was fined Singapore dollars 9,000 on Thursday for wrongfully confining three Indian nationals working for him in a room for around 40 days amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
