Đã đến lúc sống chung với Covid-19

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Singapore will prepare its population to deal with Covid-19 as part of their daily lives and people will be able to work, travel and shop without quarantines and lockdowns, even with the coronavirus in their midst.

With enough people vaccinated, Covid-19 will be managed like other endemic (dịch bệnh) diseases such as the common flu (cúm mùa thông thường) and hand, foot and mouth disease (bệnh tay chân miệng), said the three co-chairs of the Government's Multi-ministry (liên bộ) Taskforce  (tổ công tác) on Covid-19 as they outlined plans for Singapore to transition to a new normal (bình thường mới).

"It has been 18 months since the pandemic (đại dịch) started, and our people are battle-weary. All are asking: When and how will the pandemic end?" they said.

"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."

A road map is being drawn up to shift to this new normal, and it will be done in tandem with (song song với) achieving certain vaccination milestones.