Singapore unlikely to be hit with work stoppages, service disruption when Omicron wave crests

Singapore

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.