Singapore COVID-19 cases spike

The World

Singapore has been held up as a model for the way it successfully confronted the coronavirus outbreak. But suddenly, the number of COVID-19 infections has spiked in the city-state of about 5 million people. The World’s Patrick Winn reports on some of the tough lessons that Singapore’s experience may hold for the United States. 

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