FILE PHOTO: Folks queue as much as obtain a free meal, throughout the coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19), in Singapore’s Chinatown April 17, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su
(1) – Singapore’s well being ministry confirmed 942 extra coronavirus infections on Saturday, a new daily record, the overwhelming majority of that are amongst migrant staff dwelling in dormitories.
Authorities have managed to mitigate the unfold of the virus and the COVID-19 respiratory illness it causes amongst Singapore’s residents by rigorous contact tracing and surveillance, incomes reward from the World Well being Group.
The Ministry of Well being reported simply 14 cases amongst Singaporeans and everlasting residents on Saturday.
However the illness is spreading quickly inside the giant migrant employee neighborhood, highlighting what rights teams say is a weak hyperlink in containment efforts. Authorities have ramped up testing for the illness in the dormitories.
Saturday’s new cases takes the whole in the city-state, which is underneath a partial lockdown, to five,992. It has reported 11 deaths from the illness.
Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru and Aradhana Aravindan in Singapore. Modifying by Gerry Doyle
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