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Singapore’s health ministry on Wednesday confirmed 447 new coronavirus cases in the biggest daily jump, to bring the total number of cases in the city-state to 3,699. 404 of the new cases were linked ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is currently on a cleaning blitz. The city-state famous for its cleanliness and hygiene standards has launched a new government-led certification program for hotels and restaurants to restor ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore home sales slumped in March and are set to take a harder hit in coming months as the government enforces a more draconian lockdown that threatens to bring the property market to a standstill ... ( read original story ...)

As Singapore wins global plaudits for its handling, the disease has spread rapidly within its large migrant worker community, highlighting what rights groups say is a weak link in the city state’s ... ( read original story ...)

Australia’s federal government on Wednesday unveiled a package of financial relief measures intended to help the film and television industries weather the impact of the coronavirus outbreak. The ... ( read original story ...)

Most respondents were comfortable sharing a positive COVID-19 test result with their doctor or public healthcare providers, with more than half in Singapore willing to do so. Just 28% of all ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore reported 720 cases in the last two days, most of them linked to infection clusters at dormitories housing foreign workers. ( read original story ...)

Singapore's health ministry confirmed 334 more infections on Tuesday, taking its tally to 3,252. Most of the new cases were linked to outbreaks in migrant workers' dormitories, the ministry said. ( read original story ...)

Singapore's new audit system ranks hotel cleanliness according to seven criteria, including having processes in place to check guests' temperatures. ( read original story ...)

A wave of infections among migrant workers offers a stark illustration of the risks facing densely inhabited parts of Asia and marginalized groups. ( read original story ...)

A well-run system still led to a lockdown. Maybe the answer to the pandemic is a plan “on a scale that would previously be considered unimaginable.” ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore has reported its biggest daily jump in new coronavirus infections, most of them linked to foreign workers living in crowded dormitories. Foreigners account for ... ( read original story ...)

Jollibee Foods Corp. (JFC) on Tuesday issued an apology regarding the social distancing lapse in one of its branches in Singapore, prompting the company to intensify distancing measures. According to ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore has reported its biggest daily jump in new coronavirus infections, most of them linked to foreign workers living in crowded dormitories. Foreigners account for over a third of Singapore’s ... ( read original story ...)

India's nationwide lockdown, the biggest imposed in the world over the coronavirus pandemic, will be extended until at least May 3, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said. The current three-week-old ... ( read original story ...)

While the coronavirus pandemic has stalled much of the world's activity, China has kept up its aggression in the disputed South China Sea — actions that analysts said could deep ... ( read original story ...)