FILE PHOTO: Youth fish at a largely empty Merlion Park in Singapore August 31, 2021. REUTERS/Edgar Su
September 10, 2021
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore sees no need to tighten COVID-19 curbs for now despite a spike in infections over recent weeks, a top official said on Friday, but will not press ahead with more reopening moves as it monitors for severe cases.
The country will take a pause and monitor the situation in hospitals and intensive care units over the next 2-4 weeks, said Lawrence Wong, finance minister and co-head of the coronavirus taskforce. If manageable, the country will return to its reopening plans, he added.
(Reporting by Chen Lin; Editing by Martin Petty)
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