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President of Singapore Halimah Yacob tests positive for COVID-19.
2022-07-4

Singapore and Malaysia announce that they will establish a Vaccinated Travel Lane beginning on November 29 between Singapore's Changi Airport and the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia for fully vaccinated international travellers.
2021-11-8

The Singaporean Health Ministry announces that it will impose the strictest curbs since the circuit breaker last year, including limiting social gatherings to two people, making work from home default, and banning dining at restaurants. The new restrictions will be in effect from May 16 until June 13.
2021-05-14

Singapore officially begins its vaccination campaign against COVID-19, with healthcare workers being among the first to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine tozinameran.
2020-12-30

Singapore reports its first community case in more than two weeks.
2020-11-26

President Halimah Yacob dissolves Parliament and polling day is set on 10 July.
2020-06-23

A major search operation is underway for the "Sunrise-689", a Vietnamese vessel carrying 18 crew members and 5,226 tonnes of oil which lost both radio and radar contact on October 3 40 minutes after its departure from Singapore.
2014-10-7

Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia and Hong Kong ban poultry imports from the Australian state of Victoria while Japan bans imports from the whole of Australia following an outbreak of a low pathogenic form of the avian influenza (separate from the potentially deadly H5N1 strain).
2012-02-1

Tony Tan Keng Yam becomes the President-elect of Singapore after winning the presidential election.
2011-08-28

Singapore's Parliament is dissolved for the 14th General Election which is to be held on 7 May 2011.
2011-04-19