Economics
Singapore Aims for Cheap Tests, Vaccine to Speed Up Recovery
- Affordable test could aid in resuming travel, other activities
- Trade Minister Chan Chun Sing spoke in Bloomberg interview
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Singapore Trade & Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing said a faster economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic would depend on the availability of affordable, rapid test kits and the rollout of a vaccine.
“If either one of these or both come about in the next few months, then I think there’s a much better chance of us recovering faster,” he said Wednesday in an interview with Bloomberg.