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The wave of Covid-19 in Singapore is receding, according to the government task force coordinating the city-state’s pandemic response.
The wave driven by the Omicron XBB variant, which averaged 8,000 instances daily at its peak in mid-October, now averages less than 4,000 instances daily, according to Health Ministry data. Singapore’s Ministry of Health said that 99. 7% of those who Covid in the last 4 weeks reported mild or no symptoms.
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Singapore, which has one of the highest vaccination rates in the world according to data compiled by Bloomberg, will roll out more bivalent booster shots for other people aged 18 to 49 starting Nov. 7. The procedure will begin with other people over the age of 40. to 49s in the initial phase.
“As a foreign center, a highly transmissible subvariant emerges, we can be one of the first cities in the world to revel in it,” Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said in a Facebook post announcing the launch of the vaccine booster. “Therefore, we cannot be complacent. “
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