Singapore PM tells CNN: Coronavirus could take years to run its course, world must brace itself


Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in a live interview on CNN’s programme, Fareed Zakaria GPS. - PHOTO: MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION

SINGAPORE, March 30 (The Straits Times/ANN) - It could take several years for the coronavirus to go around the world and run its course unless something happens to abort that process, says Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, adding that the world will have to brace itself for a long battle ahead.

In an interview on Sunday (March 29) with CNN's Fareed Zakaria about Singapore's much-lauded response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Mr Lee said he hesitates to call the Republic a "success story".

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