Singapore sees first case of school-based Covid-19 transmission

People stand in line outside a mandatory Covid-19 test site set up at a housing block in the Hougang district of Singapore, on Saturday, May 22, 2021. Singapore is stepping up mandatory testing across the island-nation for Covid-19 as new and unlinked infections rise in the local community. The government is conducting tests for all residents of the housing block after some positive coronavirus cases were found there. - Bloomberg

SINGAPORE, MAy 22 (Bloomberg): Singapore reported its first case of school-based Covid-19 transmission as an outbreak in the city-state showed little signs of abating.

A student at a local school contracted the virus after his classmate tested positive on Wednesday (May 19), according to a statement by the Ministry of Education. Close contacts of both pupils have been placed under quarantine.