Due to the scale and complexity of Singapore's response to Covid-19, there have been inevitably some 'rough edges', said PM Lee. - ST File
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Singapore has done well in handling the coronavirus pandemic so far in terms of health outcomes, though its response was not without shortcomings, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
Joining the debate on the President's Address in Parliament on Wednesday (Sept 2), he noted that the country's fatality rate is one of the lowest in the world, with new infections in the community down to just a handful a day and fewer than 100 patients remaining in hospitals.
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