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Learn about the ongoing immunisation campaign against COVID-19 in Singapore, which has a very high vaccination rate. Find out how the government invested in vaccine candidates, advised on the vaccination strategy, and approved different vaccines for use.
Learn about the history, response and impact of COVID-19 in Singapore, from the first case in January 2020 to the endemic phase in February 2023. Find out how Singapore implemented strict lockdown measures, mass vaccination and contact tracing technologies to control the outbreak.
This article presents official statistics gathered during the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore.. Number of cases (blue) and number of deaths (red) on a logarithmic scale.. The Ministry of Health of Singapore has been publishing official numbers on a daily basis since the first confirmed case of SARS-CoV-2 virus on 23 January 2020.
3 February: HSA announced that it had approved Pfizer's Paxlovid COVID-19 treatment tablet for use in Singapore. [14]Two politicians, Minister of State for Communications and Information and National Development Tan Kiat How and Parliamentary Secretary for Culture, Community and Youth and Social and Family Development Eric Chua, have revealed that they tested positive for COVID-19.
Singapore recorded its first COVID-19 case on 23 January 2020. With that, many Singaporeans have purchased and worn masks when not at home; practiced social distancing and on 7 February 2020, Singapore raised the Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (DORSCON) level from Yellow to Orange in response to additional local cases of uncertain origin.
1 January: Following reports of a more contagious strain of COVID-19 circulating in South Africa, MOH announced that long-term pass holders and short-term visitors from South Africa, as well as those who have traveled there in the last 14 days (except for Singaporean citizens and permanent residents) would be barred from entering or transiting through Singapore from 4 January.
A comprehensive list of countries and territories that enforced lockdowns of varying stringency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn about the dates, measures, impacts and controversies of each lockdown, as well as the exceptions and alternatives.
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