JUST IN: 623 new cases of COVID19 in Singapore as of noon, majority are foreign workers living in dormitories
A foreign worker, wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, looks out from a window of a workers' dormitory in Singapore on Apr 9, 2020. SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 623 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday , bringing the total number of infections in the country to 5,050.
The Ministry of Health released the preliminary figures at about 6pm on Friday, saying the new cases were mostly foreign workers in dormitories."We are still working through the details of these cases and further updates will be shared via the MOH press release that will be issued later tonight," said the ministry.A large proportion of Singapore's COVID-19 cases can be traced back to foreign worker dormitories, which have seen a surge in confirmed cases recently.
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