Covid-19 likely to last till end-2020 at least, say Singapore experts

A laboratory technician simulates the loading of a Verechip Lab-On-Chip into a thermal cycler system while demonstrating the Covid-19 test kits at the CBRNE Laboratory in Singapore, on Thursday, March 5, 2020. - Bloomberg

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): The number of people diagnosed with Covid-19 is growing around the world, and as the epicentre of the outbreak shifts away from China, it is unlikely that the disease will taper off like SARS did, said experts on Monday (March 9).

"The virus is here to stay until the end of the year," said Associate Professor Hsu Li Yang, infectious diseases programme leader at the National University of Singapore's Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health.