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

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Annabeth Leow

Annabeth Leow

Published Tue, Jan 11, 2022 · 09:50 PM

    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.

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