Singapore starts to reopen for travel, as ‘zero covid’ pressures rival Hong Kong

“In Hong Kong, if we had a method and timeline to say as soon as we go previous 70 % [vaccination] we are able to calm down this and that . . . I believe there can be a stronger push to get the vaccination protection to that stage,” stated Ben Cowling, an infectious-disease epidemiologist on the College of Hong Kong’s Faculty of Public Well being, in a podcast episode Thursday. “However it simply looks like proper now, if we’re desirous about the choice, like staying in a zero-covid technique for months or a 12 months, then really it’s not a precedence to get vaccinations up.”