The Covid-19 Pandemic News - Singapore
Singapore surpassed Indonesia and the Philippine and now leads the South East Asian region with Covid-19 cases after the city state detected hundreds more infected among low-wage foreign workers.
Singaporean authorities said an additional 596 were confirmed on Sunday afternoon of April 19 that brings to the total of 6,588 cases with 11 deaths. According to the health ministry, those who were found infected with Corona virus are Singaporean residents.
Since March, the south east asian nations have been struggling to curb the widespread of the Covid-19 infections but to no avail, the cases kept on increasing. Among those who were infected, majority were from obscured areas, dormitories and slum places where in adhering to the social distancing are compromised. Indonesia and the Philippines have the most number of quaratine violators so their cases are high in an alarming manner and authorities struggle to curb the pandemic.
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Source: Bloomberg
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