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Coronavirus

Singapore reports record new cases, quarantines migrant workers

Recent spikes raise fresh concerns in the city state

A man wearing a protective mask carries bags of groceries, before tighter measures are implemented to curb the coronavirus outbreak, at Little India in Singapore on Apr. 5.   © Reuters

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -- Singapore reported 120 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, by far its highest daily rise, and quarantined nearly 20,000 migrant workers in their dormitories.

Of Sunday's new cases, 116 were locally transmitted and many were linked to two dormitories that house migrant workers, who will now have to stay in their rooms for 14 days.

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