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Signs emerged that the global pandemic is easing as hot spots in Europe reported the smallest increases in fatalities in weeks, while New York appeared to be “on the other side” of the outbreak. ( read original story ...)

Singapore set a new daily case record over the weekend as the city-state once lauded for its handling of the outbreak struggled to contain the virus’s spread among its 1m low-wage migrant workers. The ... ( read original story ...)

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause ... ( read original story ...)

Foreign workers in Singapore know they are currently safer in the city-state than elsewhere including their own countries, a minister said, even as a massive coronavirus outbreak among that community ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s health ministry confirmed 596 new infections on Sunday, taking the total number of cases in the city-state to 6,588. The vast majority of the new cases are migrant workers living in ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore overtook Indonesia in coronavirus infections and now has the most cases in Southeast Asia after the city-state detected hundreds more victims among low-wage foreign workers. ( read original story ...)

Singapore was being hailed as one of the countries that had got its coronavirus response right. © ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/AFP via People look on as ... ( read original story ...)

BANGKOK — Singapore reported 942 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, a single-day high for the tiny city-state that pushed its total number of infections to 5,992, including 11 deaths. The number of ... ( read original story ...)

Ho Ching, head of Singapore’s state-owned investment company and wife of the country’s prime minister, blasted criticism on the city-state’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak, saying it wasn’t ... ( read original story ...)

The number of cases in Singapore has more than doubled over the past week amid an explosion of infections among foreign workers staying in crowded dormitories. This group now makes up around 60% of ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s health ministry confirmed 942 new coronavirus infections on Saturday, a new daily record, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases in the city-state to 5,992. The vast majority of the new ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore reported 942 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, a single-day high for the tiny city-state that pushed its total number of infections to 5,992, including ... ( read original story ...)

Russia reported another 4,785 cases and 40 deaths, Reuters reported. That brings the country's total to 36,793 cases and 313 deaths, according to the report. ( read original story ...)

Singapore preliminarily confirmed an additional 942 new cases of the Covid-19 infection on April 18 versus 623 from the day before, the country’s Ministry of Health said in an emailed statement. ( read original story ...)

Singapore could move migrant workers who have recovered from the coronavirus to cruise ships, thinking they might be safer there than in dormitories that have become infection hotbeds. Like this ... ( read original story ...)

Ho Ching, head of Singapore’s state-owned investment company and wife of the country’s prime minister, blasted criticism on the city-state’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak, saying it wasn’t ... ( read original story ...)