The outbreak in migrant worker dormitories was addressed.
With the release of the White Paper on Singapore's COVID-19 response, Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said the pandemic was"a very complex and wicked problem on a grand scale".
It outlined eight areas in which the city-state did well in relation to responses from other countries, as well as six areas where it could have better handled the pandemic situation. It also identified seven lessons for future pandemics and other national crises.
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