On February 24, Amb. Tommy Koh, Chairman of Centre for International Law of National University of Singapore （NUS）, sent a letter to Mr. Wang Chao, President of the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA), expressing goodwill for China's fight against novel coronavirus outbreak on behalf of the Singapore delegation to the China-Singapore Forum and the Centre for International Law.

Amb. Koh reaffirmed that China enjoyed support from the people and government of Singapore, and believed that China was doing everything to contain the outbreak and find vaccine and cure for the virus.

Amb. Koh also pointed out that faced with globalization and the growth of tourism, international cooperation and domestic preparedness were both needed to combat such outbreaks.