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Global inter-connectivity means Mers will come to Singapore in time: PM Lee
There's no need to panic if systems are prepared to cope with it, he says, after visiting TTSH facilities
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Published Thu, Jun 11, 2015 · 09:50 PM
Singapore
IT is "a matter of time" before Singapore has its first Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) case, given the country's inter-connectivity and the fact that the virus has already reached neighbours Malaysia and the Philippines.
Making this point during a visit to Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) on Thursday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that Singapore "must assume" that Mers can and will enter the country eventually.
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