Singapore and Covid-19 - adjusting to the new normal

In a nationally broadcast address yesterday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong spoke about the latest Covid-19 containment efforts and living with an endemic virus. Here's the edited text of his speech.

People getting their Covid-19 vaccination at Hong Kah North Community Club on March 17. In his speech, PM Lee says that in the new normal, Covid-19 ''will not dominate our lives. Our people will be mostly vaccinated, and possibly taking booster shots every year. We will get tested often, but it will be fast and easy''. ST FILE PHOTO
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Jun 01, 2021, 05:00 AM
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Jun 01, 2021, 05:00 AM

My fellow Singaporeans, for the last three weeks, we have been on heightened alert.

We had discovered new clusters of Covid-19 infections. One cluster at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, and then another at Changi Airport. More cases soon followed. We also started seeing unlinked cases, implying community spread. So we had to step back from phase three.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on June 01, 2021, with the headline Singapore and Covid-19 - adjusting to the new normal. Subscribe

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