Singapore PM: Migrant workers accounted for "the vast majority” of the new infections

Migrant workers sit outside their rooms at Punggol S-11 dormitory behind barbed wire fence during the coronavirus outbreak lockdown in SIngapore. The Island has a total of 5,992 Covid-19 cases with cases now mainly from migrant workers. - Reuters

SINGAPORE: Singapore reported a record 942 new coronavirus infections on Saturday (April 18) to take the total count of cases close to 6,000 as the outbreak continues to intensify among low-wage foreign workers living in dormitories.

Migrant workers accounted for "the vast majority” of the new infections reported as of midday on Saturday, the Ministry of Health said in a statement. The number of local cases continued to decline, with just 14 Singaporeans and permanent residents among the daily toll.