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1st LD: Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew's condition worsens

Xinhua, March 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

Singapore's former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's condition has "worsened due to an infection" and he is on antibiotics, according to a statement by Singapore's Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on Tuesday.

The PMO statement said doctors are closely monitoring his condition.

Lee has been in hospital since Feb. 5, when he was admitted for severe pneumonia.

The PMO said in the statement released earlier that Lee remained sedated and on mechanical ventilation in the ICU at Singapore General Hospital.

He was continuing with his antibiotics. Endi