3 December 2022
Health Minister Ong Ye Kung: Omicron wave is imminent
Omicron cases have started to creep up, making up around 17% of local cases currently.

That’s according to a Facebook post by Health Minister Ong Ye Kung.

Providing an update on the pandemic, Minister added that this means an Omicron wave is imminent, and we need to be prepared for it. Karamjit Kaur, Editor at The Straits Times has the details.

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27 December 2021
SGExtra: Should Singapore expect a new wave of Omicron cases?
On SGExtra, Prime Time's Rachel Kelly spoke to Karamjit Kaur, Editor at The Straits Times about the latest Covid-19 situation in Singapore.

Finance Minister Lawrence Wong said on Monday that Singapore must expect a new wave of Covid-19 cases in the coming days and weeks.

This comes as the Ministry of Health said on Sunday that 546 confirmed Omicron cases have been detected as of Saturday.

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6 September 2021
SGExtra: Singapore to offer Covid-19 vaccine booster shots
In SGExtra, hosts Timothy Go and Rachel Kelly spoke to Karamjit Kaur, News Editor, The Straits Times about Singapore’s fight against Covid-19, with the roll-out of vaccine booster shots expected to start this month.

Singapore will offer Covid-19 vaccine booster shots to people who are moderately to severely immunocompromised, as well as people aged 60 and above, and residents of aged care facilities.

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12 June 2020
Are we ready to move to Phase 2?
Its been ten days since Singapore began reopening schools, and some economic activities and services resumed. The government had said that we could move to Phase two by the end of the month, depending on community cases. Karamjit Kaur, editor at The Straits Times tells us if this is likely to happen.

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8 Nov 2019
The impact of footpath ban for PMD riders in Singapore
Transport and housing editor for ‘The Straits Times’, Karamjit Kaur, joins Howie Lim in the studio to discuss the government’s ban on e-scooters on footpaths, which was enforced on Tuesday.

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