Singapore, Jan. 24 -- As Singapore sees its first confirmed case of the Wuhan virus, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's assessment is that the country is much better prepared than it was during the Sars outbreak of 2003.
There is no need to panic, he added in an interview yesterday with The Straits Times at the World Economic Forum's (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
Speaking shortly before the case was confirmed, and a day after a multi-ministry task force to fight the disease was set up, PM Lee said it was a matter of time before Singapore had a case.
"It is bound to happen because there is such intense coming and going between Singapore and China. Even if it were... between Singapore and the other cities in the world, one w...