Singapore’s contact-tracing efforts have been largely successful, but some fear controversy over police access to the data could undermine trust. Photo: AFP
Coronavirus: TraceTogether data used in murder case, Singapore minister says as he defends police access to contact-tracing programme
- Ministers K Shanmugam and Vivian Balakrishnan defend police use of data from the contact-tracing programme in case of ‘serious offences’
- Police access has stirred controversy, as government has previously stressed it would be used only for contact-tracing
Singapore’s contact-tracing efforts have been largely successful, but some fear controversy over police access to the data could undermine trust. Photo: AFP