Singapore has since fallen down the ranking to now be placed in 39th place this month and the first time the Republic has dropped below 19th place in the ‘Covid-19 Resilience’ ranking. In comparison, Malaysia still sits below Singapore in Bloomberg’s rankings at 50th place, up one place from what we were in September 2021
Furthermore, despite going down 38 places, Singapore is still the highest ranked nation in Southeast Asia in the least with Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Philippines all being in the bottom 6 for the third month
Amongst the parameters Bloomberg considers in order to determine the global ranking include:
Covid-19 mortality rates
Vaccination rates
Lockdown severity
Community mobility
Number of cases in a month
Travel routes and flight capacity