S1E4: Singapore's mask U-turn and other Covid-19 lessons
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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/
\\nIn this fourth of six instalments, ST\'s executive editor Sumiko Tan looks back at the lessons Singapore learnt from fighting the pandemic. Two, in particular, stood out: The need to quickly adapt its policies as more was known about the coronavirus in the first half of 2020, and how being prepared helped its fight.
\\nHighlights (click/tap above): (Headphones recommended)
\\n02:18 Two biggest lessons that Singapore\'s government learnt from the pandemic
\\n04:25 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong reflects on the U-turn on wearing masks
\\n05:03 Then-Health Minister Gan Kim Yong on the importance of changing national direction when assumptions are no longer valid
\\n06:20 Minister Lawrence Wong says the multi-ministry task force was guided by science but had to be flexible
\\n09:00 The big bet on buying vaccines early during the coronavirus outbreak
\\n14:53 Lessons on how to tweak future lockdowns
\\n15:25 Using Covid-19 as a rehearsal for the Big One that is yet to come, the dreaded Disease X
\\nProduced by: Sumiko Tan (sumiko@sph.com.sg),\\xa0Ernest Luis and Hadyu Rahim
\\nEdited by: Hadyu Rahim
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