Eileen Yu
for By The Way
| July 22, 2021 — 01:08 GMT (02:08 BST)
| Topic: Tech Industry
For years it has pushed an ambitious plan to lead the global stage with its unabashed adoption of technology, but Singapore now appears to have forgotten its smart nation roots amidst a current COVID-19 outbreak. In managing the spread, the government could have leveraged the strides it made in using data and technology–instead, it has chosen simply to revert to tighter restrictions that may erode public confidence and have long-term impact on local businesses.
Just weeks before, Singapore had championed its vision of an “endemic norm” where COVID-19 could be managed as a less threatening disease much like influenza or chickenpox.
“The bad news is that COVID-19 may never go away. The good news is that it is possible to live normally with it in our midst,” the country’s COVID-19 taskforce, comprising its health, finance, and trade ministers, wrote in an opinion piece published June 24 by local daily The Straits Times.
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Eileen Yu
for By The Way
| July 22, 2021 — 01:08 GMT (02:08 BST)
| Topic: Tech Industry