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Singapore reports its first six local cases of the BA.2.75 Centaurus variant as part of the Ministry of Health’s surveillance of the COVID-19 situation in the country. However, the MOH says that the variant isn’t considered a variant of concern by the World Health Organization.
2022-07-22

Singapore reports a record 5,324 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 184,419.
2021-10-27

Singapore reports a record for the fourth consecutive day of 2,909 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 99,430.
2021-10-1

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 begins a nationwide campaign to administer booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 60 and people with a compromised immune system who received their second dose at least six months ago amid an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases.
2021-09-14

Singapore reports 568 new locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the highest single-day total of new cases since August 2020.
2021-09-10

Singapore reports 191 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, including 187 locally transmitted cases. It is the highest number of locally-transmitted cases since August 7, 2020.
2021-09-2

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

The Health Sciences Authority approves the use of the Moderna vaccine for people aged above 18 in Singapore, becoming the first country in Asia to do so.
2021-02-3

In a hearing conducted over Zoom, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a court in Singapore sentences a 37-year-old Malaysian man to death for a 2011 heroin transaction. It is the first time that a death sentence has been imposed via teleconferencing in Singapore.
2020-05-20