Singapore and Malaysia have each revealed plans to start reopening their borders as the Southeast Asian neighbors move away from their zero-Covid strategies toward living with the virus.
"We have to train ourselves to live with Covid, because Covid may not be eliminated fully," Yaakob told a news conference Sunday, adding Malaysia will not impose wide lockdowns again if cases rise.
On Saturday, the island city-state of 5.45 million people reported a daily record 3,703 cases and 11 deaths, In an address to the nation, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Singapore could not"stay locked down and closed off indefinitely," adding that job losses, separation of families and business closures had caused"psychological and emotional strain and mental fatigue."
During his address Saturday, Lee said it would take"at least three months, and perhaps as long as six months" to become restriction-free, and hinted at the possibility of future lockdowns if cases begin to rise -- unlike Malaysia.
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