As Covid-19 infections continue to rise in Singapore, the number of hotels that have served as isolation facilities has jumped from more than 70 in May to more than 90 as at Wednesday (Aug 4), said the Ministry of National Development. Since March last year, these hotels have - at some point - been used as government quarantine facilities or stay-home notice dedicated facilities. Read more: https://str.sg/3UHv
Separately, in an update on Wednesday night, the Health Ministry said as at Aug 3, 64 per cent of the population have been fully vaccinated, while 77 per cent have received at least one dose.
Meanwhile, in a Facebook post on Thursday, co-chair of the Covid-19 multi-ministry task force Lawrence Wong said that his team would be giving an update on the Covid-19 situation soon.
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