SINGAPORE, Feb 14 — While it took four months before the Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was fully eradicated from Singapore back in 2003, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said the Covid-19 outbreak is expected to last longer, with a greater impact already hitting the economy. However, Lee...
Singapore PM Lee: Covid-19 outbreak expected to last longer than SARS and cause greater economic impact, but life has to go onSingapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong interacts with Cisco officers at Changi Airport Terminal 3 February 14, 2020. — TODAY pic
He added that a recession was “possible” and the economic impact on Singapore so far is already believed to be much more than SARS. He said that new developments were happening every day and the government is making a judgment on what is the right thing to do at each point. However, he added that the higher number of reported cases here is due to Singapore’s size and thorough checks by the health authorities.
“It is not so easy to track what’s happening in that country so the reported cases and the developments, there may be some lag before things become known,” he said.
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