SINGAPORE: Singapore has done well in the fight against COVID-19 and stabilised the situation, but it must learn from its errors and do better next time, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in Parliament on Wednesday .
The Prime Minister said the Government would also have acted"more aggressively and sooner" on the migrant worker dormitories, stressing that it knew communal living in the dormitories posed an infection risk. “They have found it frustrating to deal with all the new rules, approvals and inspections, even as they try to get their businesses up and running again,” he said.
"Many countries talked about flattening the infection curve, or letting the disease burn through the population until herd immunity developed," Mr Lee said. "But Cabinet decided we had to go ahead, to slow down the infection rate, and get things firmly under control, buy us time. Fortunately, we timed the circuit breaker right, and luckily, it worked."Mr Lee said Singapore has been able to deal with COVID-19 only because the public service, political leadership, businesses and the public have worked together and played their part.
“Businesses ... put their people to work furiously on solutions, often going well beyond their business mission,” Mr Lee added. “The irony is the more successful we are in keeping cases low, the more people wonder whether all these painful measures are necessary,” he said.
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