Volume 49, Number 5
May 2020

Anonymous account, shared by Dr Raymond Seet
Photo by: National University Hospital, Singapore

“Elsewhere, when COVID-19 comes, everyone will run far away. But, over here (in the dormitories), doctors and
nurses come in non-stop every day to look after us, even though we all have COVID-19. Please take care and thank you, Singapore!”

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