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Singapore expects to cross 1000 cases per day soon, deploys vending machines for ART kits

Lim Hui Jie
Lim Hui Jie • 5 min read
Singapore expects to cross 1000 cases per day soon, deploys vending machines for ART kits
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Singapore has seen its Covid-19 cases rise sharply in recent weeks, and the country expects to reach daily case numbers of over 1000 soon.

This was revealed by Health Minister Ong Ye Kung in a doorstop interview to the media on Sep 17.

In a release, the Health Ministry (MOH) noted that the average number of cases increased from 146 cases per day a fortnight ago, to 682 cases per day in the past week.

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