Living in Singapore Magazine - December 2021/January 2022

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A reflection on the pandemic’s impact in Singapore By Julian A. Chua

When Covid-19 first came onto the scene back in early 2020, most of us would have thought that it was just another isolated virus outbreak in China. Little did we know that it would become a global pandemic that impacted countries and economies around the world, drastically changing the way we all lived, worked and played.

emerged overtime. The chaos, uncertainty and unpredictability of it all was simply overwhelming for many of us.

A new chapter awaits

Although the fight against this pandemic is not over, we can now see the light at the end of the Social distancing, mask mandates, lockdowns, tunnel. As more people get vaccinated, borders and travel restrictions, among other government open up, and restrictions are lifted, people start to measures, made life difficult for everyone but adjust their life to a new norm, slowly but surely. were necessary to mitigate the spread of the AAS spoke to a few mental health experts virus. Adding to the anguish of a move away from based in Singapore, to get their opinions on the normalcy in society, many people lost loved ones past, present and future of a post-pandemic era due to the virus, enduring prolonged restrictions domestically. and measures as new Covid-19 variants

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