Authorities previously resisted the kind of draconian measures seen in worse-hit countries – but are now ordering the closure of all businesses deemed non-essential as well as schools, and are asking people to stay home.
SINGAPORE. A woman, wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, walks past the Singapore Exchange stock exchange building on April 7, 2020. Photo by Roslan Rahman/AFPmost workplaces in the city-state closedThe financial hub has won praise for using a tough regime of testing and tracing contacts of the sick to keep its outbreak largely in check, but has seen a jump in new infections in recent days.
There were just a handful of people in a usually packed major square in the business district Tuesday morning as workplaces closed. While these figures are low compared to many other countries, authorities nevertheless decided to take action after a rise in locally transmitted cases in the city of 5.7 million.
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