A thermal scanner deployed at the entrance to Singapore’s Chingay Parade amid the coronavirus outbreak. Chingay is an annual street parade that the country holds as part of its Lunar New Year celebrations.

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With the ongoing coronavirus outbreak threatening to stall economic growth, Singapore’s government could roll out one of its biggest budgets yet to soften the hit to its economy.

The country’s finance minister, Heng Swee Keat, is scheduled to deliver his annual budget speech on Tuesday. That’s coming as the country grapples with one of the highest numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases outside China.

The additional challenge that the virus poses followed an economically difficult year for Singapore. The trade-dependent economy

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