SINGAPORE — Singapore's Covid-19 vaccination plan was an important exit strategy that the country got right, whereas the spread of the infectious disease in workers' dormitories was one of the 'biggest challenges' it had to overcome, Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said.
was one of the"biggest challenges" it had to overcome, Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said.
Delving into what went right and wrong in the country's three-year fight against Covid-19, the report will be debated in Parliament at its next sitting on March 20. The paper drew on the insights from an internal review by former head of civil service Peter Ho and the findings from other reviews conducted by government agencies.
Among other things, the report named several shortfalls in Singapore’s response, such as the authorities’ handling of the viral spread in The Government could have encouraged the population to devise their own face masks while it set up manufacturing lines to increase production of surgical masks and deal with supply shortages, the report noted.
As an example, Mr Wong pointed to the Homefront Crisis Executive Group, which comprised government officials who supported the Covid-19 multi-ministerial task force he headed. These officers were primarily focused on tackling the present situation, while anticipating future trends all at the same time.
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