A person walks by an empty street on the first day of “circuit breaker” measures to curb the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) at the central business district in Singapore, April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The Singapore government tabled a bill in parliament on Tuesday that sought to ensure that a general election could be held safely if called during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The city-state, which entered the first day of a month-long partial lockdown on Tuesday to try and curb sharply rising coronavirus cases, has said it is not ruling out holding the ballot before its deadline in early 2021.
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