Singapore unlikely to be hit with work stoppages, service disruption when Omicron wave crests
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SINGAPORE is expected to avoid any major disruptions to essential services when the Omicron wave hits, as a high vaccination rate and revisions to healthcare protocols should stave off a labour crunch.
A projected surge in infections - which Health Minister Ong Ye Kung stressed on Monday (Jan 10) may hit at least 15,000 cases a day - calls to mind massive labour shortages in other countries battling the heavily mutated Omicron variant.
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