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The Singaporean Ministry of Health announces the extension of COVID-19 vaccine booster doses to adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17 beginning on March 14.
2022-01-21

Singapore reports its first cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in two fully vaccinated people, age 44 and 41, who returned from Johannesburg.
2021-12-2

Singapore limits the maximum group sizes for social gatherings and dine-ins at restaurants and bars to two people as well as defaulting to work from home in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19. These restrictions will remain in effect until October 24.
2021-09-27

Singapore reports a record 1,457 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, surpassing the previous record of 1,426 cases set in April 2020, and thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 81,356.
2021-09-22

The number of people who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in Singapore surpasses 80%.
2021-08-29

Singapore announces the first giant panda cub in the city-state when the 12-year-old panda Jia Jia gave birth to a cub at River Safari after being artificially inseminated with frozen semen from 13-year-old Kai Kai.
2021-08-15

Fires in Indonesia burn and blow smoke into Singapore, engulfing the city-state into darkness.
2016-08-26

Singapore's elections conclude with more than 2.46 million voters casting ballots. The governing People's Action Party (PAP), wins 83 out of 89 seats. [http:--www.smh.com.au-world-singapore-ruling-party-in-decisive-election-win-20150911-gjkysi.html ("Sydney Morning Herald")], [https:--www.usnews.com-news-world-articles-2015-09-10-singapore-ruling-party-popularity-tested-in-general-election (AP via "US News and World Report")], [http:--www.daijiworld.com-news-news_disp.asp?n_id=352918 (IANS via Daijiworld)], [https:--www.cnbc.com-2015-09-11-singapore-elections-voting-underway.htm (CNBC)]date=August 2019
2015-09-11

Riots break out in Singapore after a fatal accident in Little India. This is the second riot in post-independence Singapore, and the first in over forty years.
2013-12-8