Any subsequent increase in flights will be carefully calibrated, says Ong Ye Kung.
Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said Singapore's current COVID-19 measures are appropriate to prevent a surge of infections even as China opens up its borders.
First is the low number of flights currently between Singapore and China. There are only 38 weekly flights from China to Singapore, compared to around 400 weekly flights before the COVID pandemic. "Of the incoming travellers during this period, seven developed severe illnesses and had to be hospitalised. One of them was from China.No new variants amid China's infection wave
Mr Ong said that Singapore has also kept a few border control measures, even as most of its COVID restrictions have been eased or lifted in the past year.For example, incoming travellers need to either be fully vaccinated based on World Health Organisation standards, or produce a negative pre-departure test. This is neither the tightest nor the most liberal of border measures among countries, but somewhere in between, said Mr Ong.
Based on this severity rate, the number of annual deaths caused by COVID infections is is similar to that caused by influenza infections. Hence, COVID can be treated as an endemic disease with Singapore's extensive vaccination coverage.
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