Staying Safe and Healthy Together
Public health and safety remains an urgent task.
Source: The Straits Times © Singapore Press Holdings Limited.
We will:
- strongly support and equip our healthcare professionals and frontline agencies to provide excellent healthcare for all. We are providing free in-patient treatment for Covid-19 at public hospitals. In total, we have allocated $20 billion to MOH in the recent budgets
- ramp up Covid-19 testing and tracing capabilities
- invest in R&D for Covid-19 treatments and vaccines, and ensure these are available to all Singaporeans who need them
To reduce the risk of transmission and safeguard public health, we will:
- ensure everyone can obtain protective items such as face masks
- establish new norms of safe interaction for daily living
- improve public hygiene through a major national effort, including through the SG Clean campaign
We will:
- complete health clearance of migrant workers and enable them to return safely to work
- build additional migrant worker housing
with new operating models and improved standards
