Singapore to cut almost all indoor mask requirements as COVID settles

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Singapore will do away with requirements to wear masks indoors starting Aug. 29, as the country sees its COVID-19 situation stabilize further, the health minister said on Wednesday.For the first time in more than two years, people in the Southeast Asian city-state will no longer be required to wear masks indoors except on public transport and in high-risk settings like healthcare facilities.SINGAPORE PM-IN-WAITING: RECENT DECISIONS BY US, CHINA ‘WILL LEAD US TO MORE DANGEROUS TERRITORY’The health ministry also updated rules for non-vaccinated travelers, dropping a 7-day quarantine requirement starting next week.
People enjoy the first day of no COVID restrictions at the central business district in Singapore on April 26, 2022.
(REUTERS/Edgar Su)Singapore, which is a major Asian financial and travel hub, lifted most pandemic curbs, including travel restrictions, earlier this year.About 70% of the city-state’s 5.5 million population has already contracted COVID-19, Ong Ye Kung, the health minister said in a news conference, adding that the re-infection rate is so far “very low”.SINGAPORE ANNOUNCES PLANS TO DECRIMINALIZE GAY SEXSingapore has vaccinated more than 90% of its population and has among the lowest COVID-19 mortality rates in the world.



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