COVID19 White Paper goes beyond original review report, says Wong

SINGAPORE: The COVID 19 White Paper goes beyond the original review report of the pandemic, said Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Tuesday. He was responding to the leader of Opposition Pritam Singh's call for the original report to be published.

On Monday, the Workers Party WP chief called for the original report on the Singapore government's response to the COVID-19 epidemic to be published in full, so that the public and Members of Parliament can draw their own conclusions.

The COVID 19 White Paper was published by the Prime Minister's Office on Mar 8, drawing on an original report by former head of the civil service Peter Ho.

The White Paper identified six areas where the government could have done better, including the outbreak in migrant worker dormitories, border measures, contact tracing and the transition to endemic COVID-19.

It included interviews with ministers and civil servants, and included the findings of various reviews by government agencies, and perspectives from the people and private sectors.

After debating the COVID 19 White Paper for nearly two days, the House voted to approve it on Tuesday afternoon.