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Published: March 6, 2022, 4 p.m.

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Synopsis: This podcast series is based on selected chapters from a book, detailing Singapore\\u2019s experience battling the Covid-19 pandemic. The book - written by journalists of The Straits Times and edited by ST\\u2019s executive editor Sumiko Tan - is titled In This Together: Singapore\'s Covid-19 Story and is available in major bookstores now. Details online: https://www.stbooks.sg/

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In this first episode of six instalments, ST\'s senior health correspondent Joyce Teo tells the story of the ordeal, that Madam Irene Tan went through, after catching Covid-19 in the early days of the coronavirus outbreak in Singapore, and how, a team quickly rallied around her to save her life.\\xa0

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Highlights (click/tap above): (Headphones recommended)

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01:25 Retired tutor Irene Tan\'s cautious way of life in February 2020

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05:40 Likely exposure from weekly singing classes, where she took her mask off to sing

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07:30 The ventilator experience that scarred Madam Tan

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11:25 Having her life supported by a machine\\xa0

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12:35 Madam Tan recounts praying to God, before eventually pulling through

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14:00 Madam Tan\'s fighting spirit despite low blood oxygen saturation levels

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15:15 Dr Chia Po Ying, 33, a consultant at S\'pore\'s National Centre for Infectious Diseases and one of her doctors, looks back on treatment advances two years on in February 2022

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16:00 Madam Tan on her way of life now in 2022

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In This Together: Singapore\'s Covid-19 Story retails for $28 (with GST) at major bookstores. It is also available on the Straits Times Press website: https://www.stbooks.sg/

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Listen to Episode 2 on how Singapore joined a global hunt for masks: https://str.sg/wuJa

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Produced by: Joyce Teo (joyceteo@sph.com.sg),\\xa0Ernest Luis and Hadyu Rahim

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Edited by: Hadyu Rahim

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Follow Singapore\'s War On Covid podcast series here:

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Channel:\\xa0https://str.sg/wuJa

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Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/wu3n

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Spotify:\\xa0https://str.sg/wuJy

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Website:\\xa0http://str.sg/stpodcasts

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Feedback to:\\xa0podcast@sph.com.sg\\xa0

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Read Joyce Teo\'s stories: https://str.sg/JbxN

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Special edition series:

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The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia (5 eps): https://str.sg/wuZ2

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Invisible Asia (9 eps): https://str.sg/wuZn

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