Singapore raises virus response level, now on par with SARS

Singapore has raised its national disease response level in line with the SARS epidemic following new cases of coronavirus in the city-state. "We may well have to take more stringent measures," minister says.
Photo: Feline Lim/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
Photo: Feline Lim/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
By Derek Wallbank, Philip J. Heijmans & Melissa Cheok, BLOOMBERG

Singapore raised its national disease response level to Orange, its second-highest level and the same one used during the SARS epidemic, the Ministry of Health said Friday.

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