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Singapore is now the best place to be during the pandemic, bumping New Zealand from the top spot for the first time

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Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowSign up for our weekday newsletter, packed with original analysis, news, and trends — delivered right to your inbox.Something is loading.Singapore has been ranked by Bloomberg as the .The Southeast Asian island nation in Bloomberg's Covid Resilience Ranking this week, largely thanks to Singapore's vaccination efforts. Singapore has administered enough vaccine doses to cover nearly 20% of its 5.7 million population, according to Bloomberg.New Zealand, which has been of the pandemic, has vaccinated only about 1.9% of its population. Australia, which ranks third on the Covid Resilience Ranking, has vaccinated about 3.7% of its population. Israel, Taiwan, and South Korea are also among the 10 top-ranked places.Bloomberg's ranking looks at COVID-19 cases in the community, fatality rates, and percentage of the population covered by vaccines. It also considers quality-of-life factors like severity of lockdowns, the movement of people in retail and office spaces, and healthcare coverage.Bloomberg said the top three countries — Singapore, New Zealand, and Australia — provided their residents "a pre-pandemic quality of life" with the exception of international travel. All three countries' borders have been closed to most foreign tourists for over a year, but each country is cautiously looking to open up tourism with other places that have kept the virus under control.Earlier this month, New Zealand and Australia opened a between the two countries as long as neither reports a new virus outbreak, and Singapore announced this week that it would launch on May 26. to implement a similar bubble.Singapore took swift action last spring as the virus began to spread through the region.In March 2020, to foreign tourists and implemented for returning residents. The next month, Singapore imposed called a "circuit breaker."Since the end of the lockdown in June, life in Singapore has gradually returned to a semblance of normality.In June and July, Singapore started allowing the , movie theaters, and places of worship at limited capacity. In November, cruise lines started offering "" for Singapore residents, which start and end in Singapore with no stops in between.At the end of December, on group gatherings and raised capacity limits for indoor areas. It even started allowing indoor live performances with up to 250 people. And this month, Singapore said could return to their offices after a year of remote work.Singapore has reported in the past week, most of which were among returning residents who were already isolated in quarantine. The city-state has recorded a total of .Sign up for notifications from Insider! Stay up to date with what you want to know.Subscribe to push notificationsAn icon in the shape of a lightning bolt.Keep readingIt indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options.Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.

Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowSign up for our weekday newsletter, packed with original analysis, news, and trends — delivered right to your inbox.Something is loading.Singapore has been ranked by Bloomberg as the .The Southeast Asian island nation in Bloomberg's Covid Resilience Ranking this week, largely thanks to Singapore's vaccination efforts. Singapore has administered enough vaccine doses to cover nearly 20% of...

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Singapore is now the best place to be during the pandemic, bumping New Zealand from the top spot for the first time

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