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The Infectious Diseases Act will be amended to reflect four public health situational tiers.
Singapore

Singapore to do away with colour-coded Dorscon framework

    The benefit of getting a fourth shot is minuscule for most people, except the elderly and other vulnerable groups.
    Health

    Is it safe to skip the bivalent Covid-19 booster?

    Audrey Sau assisted the test centre’s site manager to misappropriate 103 boxes of ART kits.
    Singapore

    Woman took ART kits from testing centre, sold them online

    The vaccines play a big part in preventing severe illness and death as they would have primed other functions of our immune system.
    Singapore

    3 mRNA vaccine shots enough to protect healthy people

    PCR tests are sensitive and are bound to yield many positive cases from countries that are experiencing a big wave.
    Singapore

    Why are we not imposing any tests for travellers from China?

    In the last four weeks of 2022, about 200 travellers from China were detected to have Covid-19 - or less than 5 per cent of all imported cases in that period.
    Singapore

    S'pore doesn’t expect surge in cases from China travellers

    SGH deputy director of nursing Patricia Yong, 58, will receive the Covid-19 Public Administration Medal (Bronze).
    Singapore

    What nurses have learnt after three years of Covid-19

    On days where there is high demand for vaccination, particularly Saturdays, a longer waiting period should be expected.
    Singapore

    Walk-ins allowed for Covid jabs at vaccination centres from Jan 4

    Sixty per cent of Singapore’s eligible population has up-to-date vaccination as of Dec 30, 2022, said MOH.
    Singapore

    Over 586,000 people have taken a bivalent Covid-19 jab

    Masks were the most visible symbol of the virus curbs here, and many were relieved when, in end-August, they were largely no longer required.
    Singapore

    2022: The year masks came off in Singapore

    Mr Dinesh Vasu Dash said his role in the initiative is his proudest achievement over the past three years of the pandemic.
    Singapore

    Man behind vaccination push recognised for managing Covid impact