Singapore Advises Public to Stay Indoors and Buy Food Online
A visitor sits on the empty quayside in Singapore
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Singapore advised the public to stay at home in its latest effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus, a day after Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said the city state is facing a grave economic challenge posed by the pandemic.
The public should only head to malls for essential items such as food, the government said in an advisory on its official WhatsApp channel, suggesting that people “buy food and groceries online.” The latest directive is another blow to the country’s retail malls and tourism-related industries.