Singapore emerges as litmus test for Covid-19 containment


Singapore conducts temperature screening checks on passengers at Changi International airport. - AFP

SINGAPORE (Bloomberg): As the novel coronavirus starts to gather speed in Europe, the Middle East and the US, there’s one place it is seemingly being contained: Singapore.

With no reported virus-related deaths despite 96 cases, and a slowing rate of infection that’s been outpaced by recoveries, the Asian city-state is emerging as a litmus test of whether the deadly pathogen can be, if not contained, then neutralized.

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