Singapore has been quoted many times as an example for its management of the coronavirus epidemic, succeeding in containing the propagation of the virus thanks to a very strict control strategy and tracing as the monitoring of contacts and the massive recourse to tests.
But since the beginning of April, he faces a second wave of contaminations which forced, on Tuesday, April 21, 2020, the authorities to extend the confinement imposed for early April, until early June.
This new wave of contaminations comes from households where migrant workers are hosted at a time when the health authorities have recorded 1111 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the total to 9,125 cases and 11 dead.