Singapore to ease Covid curbs for the vaccinated

Singapore will ease restrictions from Tuesday on dining and gathering for people who received two doses of the coronavirus vaccine, a media report said.

The relaxed measures, part of the government's plan announced Friday, will allow groups of up to five fully vaccinated people to eat together at restaurants, which has been banned since last month, reported Saudi Press Agency (SPA), citing Kyodo.

Over two-thirds of the population in Singapore had received two doses of the vaccine as of Thursday, according to the Kyodo report, which cited a government statement.

Singapore has promoted vaccination while it restarted imposing strict restrictions on public activity in late July amid the resurgence of the virus, fuelled by the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant.

Under the new measures, the limitation on the number of people attending large events will also be relaxed, assuming the participants received two doses of vaccine.

Finance Minister Lawrence Wong said at a press conference held online Friday that the government will ease other coronavirus restrictions when 80 percent of the population is fully vaccinated.