News Snapshot:
SINGAPORE: The authorities are considering introducing new restrictions and safeguards against COVID-19 ahead of the Chinese New Year period, where more intermingling is expected, said co-chair of the COVID-19 multi-ministry task force, Education Minister Lawrence Wong. This comes as the number of community cases has been “creeping up”, while clusters have been reported for the first time “in quite a long while”, which Mr Wong said could have been due to the higher number of interactions amid the end-of-year festivities. Mr Wong was speaking to the media on Tuesday (Jan 19) with his task force co-chair, Health Minister Gan Kim...
