Epidemic prevention policy in Singapore

With the gradual decline of the epidemic caused by COVID-19 Omicron mutant in most countries in the world, the attitudes and strategies of many countries towards the COVID-19 epidemic are undergoing fundamental changes. How to restore and maintain normal life to the greatest extent while curbing the spread of the virus is a major choice that all countries will face in 2022.

Since June 5438 +2022 10, this newspaper (www.thepaper.cn) has selected some of the most representative countries in the world according to the severity of the epidemic, population, economic level, vaccination rate, social opening policy and other factors. Through continuous interviews and follow-up surveys, the experiences and lessons of these countries on how to get out of the Omicron epidemic and gradually restore social openness are presented to readers in China through a series of reports.

/kloc-The 0/056m-long new flexible embankment spans the narrow Johor Strait, connecting Johor, Malaysia and Ulan, Singapore. Before the outbreak of COVID-19, it was one of the busiest land borders in the world. More than 350,000 people travel between Singapore and Malaysia through here every day.

At the end of 20021,after the border was closed for nearly two years due to the epidemic, Singapore opened the vaccination tourism channel (VTL) to neighboring Malaysia for the first time. The so-called VTL is actually the officially designated "car ferry", and it only takes more than 10 minutes to get back and forth from Xinrong Changtai. Huang Weigang, a Malaysian working in Singapore, was one of the first people to return to Malaysia by VTL bus.

Before the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, as a Malaysian who worked in Singapore for a long time, Huang Weigang had walked this road countless times. This time, however, his mood is particularly complicated. The past is vivid. "This road makes people feel familiar and unfamiliar, especially surreal." He told the newspaper.

After the outbreak of COVID-19 in early 2020, Singapore implemented a strict "zero eradication" policy. After keeping the cases at the low level of single digits or double digits for nearly a year, with the comprehensive development and accumulation of vaccination,