China News Service, April 20, according to Singapore's "Lianhe Zaobao" reported that on the 20th local time, the Singapore Ministry of Health said that there were 1,426 new cases of new coronavirus infection in the country, a total of 8,014 cases were diagnosed, and a total of 11 deaths.
Singapore Merlion Park.
According to reports, most of the new cases are work permit holders living in guest dormitory, and only 16 people are local citizens or permanent residents.
At present, the Singapore government has listed more than ten of the 43 foreign workers ’dormitories as a quarantine area under the Infectious Diseases Act. All residents must be quarantined in the dormitories for 14 days. The government provides them with three meals a day for free.
In addition, in order to alleviate the economic impact of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) launched a loan program to provide eligible financial institutions with a loan of 0.1% interest for one year to encourage them to provide loans to SMEs.