Fighting Coronavirus the Singapore Way
Learning from its experience in dealing with SARS in 2003, Singapore already has better protocols in place for dealing with outbreaks of infectious diseases, including Covid-19.
Commuters wear face masks on the Mass Rapid Transit train as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Singapore on March 18, 2020.
After the novel coronavirus was reported to have spread outside of China, the first Covid-19 case was discovered in Singapore. Since it was first detected on Jan. 23, in just a few days the number of positive cases reached tens of people and by Wednesday a total of 266 positive cases of Covid-19 were recorded. However, there have been no deaths as of yet.
When the number of cases skyrocketed in other countries, in mid-February, Singapore was "able" to control the rate of the spread of the virus. The number of recovered patients exceeds that of new cases. One of the measures taken by the Singapore government was to tighten quarantine.