After months of complete lockdown, Singapore reopened the shopping malls for the public. SIngapore has the second-highest number of confirmed infections in Southeast Asia with more than 41,000 cases, with a death toll of 26.
However, in a Facebook post, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong cautioned the citizens: "I am sure all of us have been eagerly looking forward to this day for a long time! But please don't go overboard celebrating."