Singapore Tightens Border Measures Over Concerns of Omicron Variant

Singapore Tightens Border Measures Over Concerns of Omicron Variant
Singapore Airlines planes sit on the tarmac at Changi Airport in Singapore, on Dec. 8, 2020. Edgar Su/Reuters
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Singapore will adopt stricter healthcare protocols over concerns of the Omicron variant, announced Health Minister Ong Ye Kung in the multi-ministry task force press conference on Nov. 30.

While the city-state’s existing approach to handling the Delta variant is to “co-exist” with it, the new protocols are intended to “contain” the emerging Omicron variant, according to Ong.