Singapore has extended by
four weeks until June 1 a partial lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus
infections in the city-state, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Tuesday.
The measures, which include
the closures of most workplaces and schools, were initially set to run from
April 7 until May 4.
This means that more
workplaces will be closed to further reduce the number of workers keeping
essential services going.
Some hotspots, such as
popular wet markets, remain a problem as large groups of people continue to
congregate there, Lee said. While he noted that the circuit breaker measures
have been working, he stressed that Singapore cannot be complacent.
Image: Migrant workers
exercise along a walkway at a dormitory declared as an isolation area. Pic:
Reuters
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