Singapore will from next week lift some COVID-19 curbs and ease restrictions on entry for foreign workers, its health minister said on Friday, as the share of people who have been fully vaccinated against the virus in the city state nears 70%.
Fully vaccinated people will be able to dine-in at restaurants in groups of five from Aug. 10, health minister Ong Ye Kung said, and a limit on the number of people allowed to gather socially will increase to five, from two.
"We are confident that by National Day , we will have more than 70% of us receiving full vaccination," Ong told a news conference. Singapore has moved quickly to inoculate its 5.7 million people against COVID-19 and has one of the highest vaccination rates in the world.
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