Singapore extends shutdown until June as virus cases top 9,000

Decision means more business pain and more election uncertainty

KENTARO IWAMOTO, Nikkei staff writer

SINGAPORE -- Singapore's shutdown of non-essential workplaces and schools will continue for four weeks longer than planned, until June 1, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced on Tuesday after another big surge of coronavirus infections.

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