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

Lee U-Wen

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.

"Malaysia has had one case, with two in the Philippines. Many of the European countries have had cases, and the United States too," he told reporters at the hospital's Communicable Diseases Centre (CDC) afte…

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