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Published: April 17, 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 third episode of six instalments, ST\'s executive editor Sumiko Tan tells the exclusive story of how the decision-makers in Singapore\'s Covid-19 "war room" managed the pandemic and why it decided to be as transparent as they could with the public.

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

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01:25 Singapore\'s then-Health Minister Gan Kim Yong on how he realised back in January 2020, that the new coronavirus outbreak was beyond the efforts of one ministry

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03:53 How a high-powered group of civil servants led by permanent secretary of the Home Affairs Ministry - Mr Pang Kin Keong - worked to support the ministers

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05:06 Mr Gan on why the multi-ministry task force (MTF) decided to be as transparent as possible about how it dealt with Covid-19

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06:44 Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean on his role in creating a structure in how the crisis was managed

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08:22 PM Lee Hsien Loong on the aim to be transparent, a chain of command, making decisions guided by data, and differing views in Cabinet

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14:37 PM Lee reflects on painful national decisions, such as the closure of Changi Airport and Singapore\'s "circuit-breaker" lockdown in April 2020

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19:50 PM Lee addresses a weary nation to explain the decision to move from a strategy of zero-Covid to living with Covid\\xa0

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Produced by: Sumiko Tan (sumiko@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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SPH Awedio app:\\xa0https://www.awedio.sg/

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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 Sumiko Tan\'s stories:\\xa0https://str.sg/Jbhe\\xa0

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