Singapore extends curbs as cases surge

22/04/2020, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE,SINGAPORE

Singapore on Tuesday extended restrictions to fight the COVID-19 until early June as cases surged past 9,000 due to a growing number of infections among migrant workers. The city-state managed to keep its outbreak in check in the early stages due to widespread testing and contact-tracing, but is facing a second wave of infections. It reported 1,111 cases on Tuesday taking the total to 9,125, with the majority of new infections in foreign workers’ dormitories, which have become the epicentre of the city’s outbreak.