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The vast majority of the new cases are migrant workers living in dormitories, the health ministry said in a statement. Seven are permanent residents. The island of 5.7 million people now has one of ... ( read original story ...)

Rubel, a 28-year-old migrant worker in Singapore, is afraid. The dormitory he and other foreign workers live in has been locked down, and nobody is allowed in or out as government officials scramble ... ( read original story ...)

It was written by Noeleen Heyzer. SINGAPORE — Singapore now has the highest number of COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia, at 11,178, as of April 23. The daily coronavirus infection rate reached a new ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore recorded nearly 900 new coronavirus cases on Friday as the country sees a second wave of an outbreak centered around foreign workers. The country's Ministry of Health reported 897 new cases ... ( read original story ...)

Russia reported the most new cases since April 19 and Germany had its worst day in nearly a week, after Chancellor Angela Merkel said the country is “far from being out of the woods.” New cases in ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore registered 897 new infections on Friday, taking its total number of cases to 12,075. The health ministry said the vast majority of the new cases were migrant workers residing in dormitories, ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore had just around 1,000 cases, but in less than a month, it has spiked to more than 10,000. The majority of the explosion in cases has been attributed to its migrant worker population. ( read original story ...)

Li Xiting is now worth $13.5 billion. Averaged out, his fortune has been increasing by about $37.7 million every 24 hours. ( read original story ...)

Singapore's industrial output rose 16.5% in March on a year-on-year basis, surging past expectations, as pharmaceutical production more than doubled, data showed on Friday. On a month-on-month and ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is looking to pivot to a more aggressive coronavirus response strategy that involves mass testing for its population of 5.7 million people as cases in the city-state jumped more than ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Exchange's profit jumped 38% to a 13-year high in the January-March quarter as extreme market volatility amid the coronavirus outbreak boosted equities and derivatives trading volumes. ( read original story ...)

Chan Heng Chee, ambassador-at-large with the Singapore foreign ministry and chairman of the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities (SUTD), discusses Singapore's spike in coronavirus cases ... ( read original story ...)

The Singapore stock market has finished lower in four straight sessions, dropping more than 70 points or 2.8 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 2,540-point plateau ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's health ministry said it had preliminarily confirmed 1,037 new cases on Thursday, taking the Southeast Asian city-state's total infections to 11,178. The health ministry said the vast ... ( read original story ...)

Two Singapore-based oil traders have rushed to quell any concerns about their financial stability amid the fallout from the sudden demise of Hin Leong, which owes its lenders almost $4 billion. ( read original story ...)

Singapore was lauded for its swift action to suppress infections but crisis has shone spotlight on how it treats marginalised migrants ... ( read original story ...)