A deserted street in Singapore on April 7 as COVID-19 spreads in the country (Photo: Xinhua/VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Singapore will extend its partiallockdown by another four weeks after reporting thousands of new COVID-19 casesin recent days, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on April 21.
The country reported 1,111 new cases earlier April 21, bringing itstotal to 9,125, the most in Southeast Asia.
Lee said the sharp upsurge in cases was due to aggressivetesting of workers in the dorms, including those who are asymptomatic.
Although the viral clusters in the dorms have remained largelycontained, Lee said circuit-breaker measures that shut down nonessentialbusinesses and schools until May 4 will be extended to June 1 or untilinfections ease.
He said this will allow the government to detect and contain thevirus spread early if there is a transmission from the dorms to the widercommunity.
Meanwhile, Indonesia reported 375 new COVID-19 infections on April21, taking the total in the Southeast Asian country to 7,135.
Indonesia also recorded 26new deaths on the day, raising the total number to 616.
More than 46,700 peoplehave been tested and 842 people had recovered in the country so far./.
