Long and rocky road to year-end recovery
Domestic, border controls could gradually ease after 50% of country is fully protected, up from 35% now: Taskforce
Singapore
SINGAPORE'S economy could be back in pre-pandemic business by year-end if vaccination targets are met, watchers have told The Business Times, after policymakers on Friday promised to unveil a broader reopening roadmap "in due course".
The Republic is prepared to ease its domestic and border controls when the share of the population fully vaccinated against Covid-19 hits 50 per cent, and then 75 per cent.
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