SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s prime minister will address the country at 1700 local time (0900 GMT) to provide an update on the battle against the COVID-19 disease.
“I will be giving an update on where we are now and what we need to do next…” Lee Hsien Loong said in a Facebook post on Tuesday.
Singapore, which is under a partial lockdown, has confirmed a total 9,125 cases of the disease, which is caused by the new coronavirus.
(Reporting by Aradhana Aravindan in Singapore; Editing by Alex Richardson)
