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November 17, 2021.
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien loong said that the game plan for reopening remains step by step.
The city-state is trying to ease virus restrictions without having to dial back, and is trying to see end-path without high costs, Lee said in an interview with John Micklethwait.
Singapore has been pushing for an endemic strategy of living with the virus, but that approach has been marred with several months of stop-start restrictions.
The island country is trying to reestablish itself as one of the world's premier aviation hubs by relaxing its border controls. The government announced on Monday that it is opening to five more countries, bringing the total to 21.
Singapore wants to regain its international travel hub status.
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