Covid-19 vaccinations helped S'pore stave off second circuit breaker so far: Experts

Vaccinations are a more sustainable way of protecting the population, though the current slew of Covid-19 curbs - while fairly aggressive – are necessary, experts said. It is gratifying that the nation stopped short of a circuit breaker, which will otherwise signify that Singapore can no longer control the virus’ spread, Professor Dale Fisher, an infectious disease expert from the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, said on Tuesday. “But I believe we would have a circuit breaker in place if there was no vaccine,” said Prof Fisher, who is also the chair of the World Health Organisation’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network.