While the Southeast Asian nation continues to report new cases of infections daily and has seen recent spikes, it has managed to steer clear of the kind of catastrophic outbreaks that have occurred in other countries.
As of March 31, Singapore recorded a total of 879 cases of COVID-19 and three deaths, its health ministry reported.
"So January and February was really the time to ramp up, and that's when Singapore was particularly active in getting itself ready ... any country really had January and February to get themselves prepared," Fisher told CNBC's "Street Signs Asia" on Monday. Schools and businesses remain open, while businesses have moved to encourage working from home, in addition to other precautionary measures like regular temperature checks at work and enacting business continuity plans.
lockdown so far include India, France, Italy, Spain, some states in the U.S. and China — though the mainland is set to lift some of"All the things Singapore has in place, any country under lockdown will need to do these or implement these during lockdown so that they can be safe afterwards ... till a drug is found," he said.
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