The World Health Organisation has given full marks to Singapore for doing its utmost in fighting the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) outbreak in the republic, said the Singapore-based Channel NewsAsia today.

The report quoted WHO senior official David Heymann as saying this after meeting Singapore's Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong o­n the sidelines of the Asean Sars summit in Bangkok yesterday.

Heymann was quoted as saying that WHO believed Singapore's containment measures had begun to bring the incidence of cases down.