Foreign worker dormitory Mandai Lodge 1 has been declared an isolation area in Singapore. Singapore has reported a record 447 new coronavirus cases, it's third straight day of sharp daily spikes, to raise its tally to 3,699. The number of infections has jumped by 1,167 since Monday, mostly linked to crowded dormitories that house foreign workers from Bangladesh, India and other poorer Asian countries. Tens of thousands of workers have been quarantined in their dormitories, while some were moved to alternative sites to reduce crowding. About a fifth of total cases were detected in one single dormitory.

Source: The Standard April 16, 2020 07:07 UTC