Singapore Wins Praise For Its COVID-19 Strategy. The U.S. Does Not
Around the world, different countries have responded differently to the coronavirus crisis — with dramatically different results.
Hong Kong and Singapore were hit early with the coronavirus. But each now has fewer than 200 cases, while France, Germany and Spain, which were hit late, all have more than 10 times that number.
Three weeks ago, Italy had only three cases. Now it has more than 10,000.
These dramatic differences show that how governments respond to this virus matters, says Mike Ryan, the World Health Organization's head of emergencies.
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