Singapore PM: Covid-19 measures easing step by step to avoid U-turns, human cost


People entering a food centre check-in with their phones before they are allowed to dine-in, amid the pandemic, in Singapore. - Reuters

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Singapore has had to change course along its journey in tackling Covid-19, and is trying to persuade its people that it is necessary to accept a few thousand cases a day, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Wednesday (Nov 17).

And while it will try its best, there will be casualties, mainly old people who will not make it.

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