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China on Sunday confirmed 11 more cases of the coronavirus and no new deaths for the 11th day in a row. It brings its official count to 82,827 infected people. Five ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is rapidly building bed space for coronavirus patients in cavernous exhibition halls and other temporary facilities as it faces a surge in cases, mainly among its large community of low-paid ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore reported an additional 618 confirmed cases as of noon Saturday, marking the second day in a row that daily new cases were less than 1,000. China reported 11 new confirmed cases and no ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore confirmed an additional 618 coronavirus cases on Saturday, bringing the total to more than 12,600. A majority of the cases has occurred in dormitories that house foreign ... ( read original story ...)

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 ...)