Singapore surpassed 10,000 infections

The Ministry of Health of Singapore on April 22 reported
1,016 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number of cases in the island
nation to 10,141.
Singapore continues to record 1,016 positive cases of
SARS-CoV-2 virus today, bringing the total number of infections in the country
to more than 10,000 cases. The majority of infected patients are migrant
workers. Only 15 cases of Covid-19 were found among Singaporean
community and permanent residents.
In the past week, the number of infections in Singapore has
skyrocketed when an outbreak in the housing complex for foreign migrant workers
in the country. These are apartments with tight space, poor living
conditions and lots of people living in the same room. Therefore, the
number of infections among migrant workers has increased.
Migrant workers working in Singapore are being told not to
move and they are starting to be spaced out at facilities arranged by the
country's government as a move to prevent the spread of the disease.
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong also yesterday
announced an extension of the social order to extend social security in the
country for four more weeks and also affirmed his responsibility to foreign
migrant workers to work here. Most of the migrant workers in Singapore
work in construction and services and about 320,000 people are mostly from
South Asian countries.
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