Singapore Says Coronavirus ‘Clearly Emerging’ as Unlike SARS

Singapore said it’s learning more about the nature of the coronavirus over the past week and it’s “clearly emerging” to be different from SARS.

The coronavirus is actually closer to the H1N1 virus because it spreads more easily than severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, Minister Lawrence Wong, who co-chairs a task force coordinating the city-state’s virus response, said in a briefing on Friday. It also has a mortality rate that’s lower than SARS, he said.