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Deep Dive - What are the challenges Singapore faces in shifting to living with an endemic COVID-19?

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With one of the world’s highest vaccination rates and the ability to quickly test for COVID-19 infections, some questions were raised this week when the Singapore Government said it would not rule out a circuit breaker as it navigates a path towards opening up further. Is it possible to have a clean, clear exit strategy from the pandemic? And how close is Singapore to being able to live normally with an endemic COVID-19? CNA's Lin Suling speaks to Associate Professor Lim Poh Lian, member of the Expert Committee on COVID-19 Vaccination, and Professor Ooi Eng Eong of the Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases at Duke-NUS Medical School.

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Deep Dive - Singapore planned to live with COVID-19. So how are we back in Phase 2 (Heightened Alert)?

Do these curbs suggest Singapore is further away from a new normal? What will it take to get there? Why not differentiate between those vaccinated and those who are not? And does living normally with COVID-19 hinge on getting seniors vaccinated? Lin Suling speaks to Dale Fisher, Senior Consultant at the Division of Infectious Disease, National University Hospital, and Jeremy Lim, Associate Professor at the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health.

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Deep Dive - COVID-19 variants: Will they mean new waves of infections in Singapore?

Singapore is back to tighter restrictions after the biggest rise in community cases in nine months. Lin Suling talks to Duke-NUS professors David Matchar and Gavin Smith about variants on the loose, their effect on vaccines and how current restrictions stack up. They also explain why they think this pandemic will be a chronic problem for a while.

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Deep Dive - DPM Heng Swee Keat bows out: What happened and how PAP’s leadership transition can get back on track

The 4G leaders called DPM Heng’s decision to step aside a setback to succession planning. What’s behind the decision? What implications does this delay have for the ruling party, the Government and the country? And could the upcoming Cabinet reshuffle provide clues on the kind of leader a post-COVID Singapore needs? Lin Suling sits down with Dr Gillian Koh, Deputy Director of the Institute of Policy Studies and Dr Eugene Tan, law professor at the Singapore Management University.

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Deep Dive - GameStop’s roller-coaster: What really went down and could it happen here?

January 2021 will go down as one of the most bizarre months in Wall Street's 200-year history where a video-game company found itself in the middle of what some call a modern day David-versus-Goliath stock market battle. What happened? What drove GameStop stock’s astronomical rise? What part did online trading platforms like Robinhood play? And can this happen in Singapore? Lin Suling speaks to David Kuo, Co-Founder of finance website The Smart Investor and former CEO of Motley Fool Singapore, and Joseph Cherian, Practice Professor of Finance at NUS Business School.

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