Coronavirus: global rush to stockpile medicines gives boost to Singapore’s pandemic-hit economy

Scientists in protective clothing work in a hi-tech laboratory at a pharmaceutical plant in Singapore, whose coronavirus-hit economy has received a shot in the arm from robust global drug demand.The city state is on course for its worst ever recession this year but factory activity has held up, thanks partly to countries rushing to stockpile medicines during the pandemic.The nation just half the size of Los Angeles has become a centre for drug makers and is home to more than 50 factories, owned…