Meet the couples fighting Covid-19 together

Dr Koh Li Wearn (left) and her husband Dr Ho Eu Chin, and Mr Christopher Soh (second from right), assistant director of nursing in the emergency department of Tan Tock Seng Hospital, and his wife Ms Tina See, a fellow nurse. ST PHOTOS: GIN TAY
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SINGAPORE - The scale of the fight against the coronavirus outbreak, which the World Health Organisation has recently declared a pandemic, surprised most medical professionals.

For Dr Koh Li Wearn, a senior consultant at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), a big meeting in late January involving senior hospital management was revelatory.

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