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The Edge Singapore • 8 min read
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As Wuhan lifts its lockdown after 11 weeks, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson remains in intensive care. Here are some key events that took place this week.
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Quoteworthy: "Let us cross this important hurdle during this ‘circuit breaker’, and then we can deal with this issue in a dedicated way. You have my word." –— Manpower Minister Josephine Teo on raising the living standards at foreign worker dormitories, as Singapore struggles to contain the transmission of Covid-19 among some 200,000 workers living in the dormitories.

Chaos and joy as Wuhan lifts lockdown

The crowd outside Wuhan’s Tianhe International Airport on the morning of April 8 pushed forward as anxiety grew over catching their flights out of town – the first to depart since Jan 23.

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