Our Middle-Of-The-Road Covid-19 Approach Is Correct: Health Minister

It has helped avert ‘massive deaths’ and he sees ‘light at end of tunnel’

- Clara Chong

In managing the Covid-19 pandemic, Singapore took neither a “zero-Covid-19” nor a “living with Covid-19” approach.

When the population was vulnerable, an eradication strategy was adopted, but the country has been opening up progressively since vaccination has given Singaporeans a protective shield.

Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said this yesterday morning in his opening address at the virtual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Asia-Pacific Conference.

“Some may feel that this middle-of-the-road approach is unclear, and may even appear to be a ‘flip-flop’. But it has helped us avert the massive deaths that many countries have suffered from,” he said.