• Coronavirus: Singapore quarantines nearly 20,000 workers, South Korea reports fewer than 50 new cases

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6 April 2020

Coronavirus: Singapore quarantines nearly 20,000 workers, South Korea reports fewer than 50 new cases

  • CNBC reports that Singapore's health ministry said that around 19,800 foreign resident workers housed in two dormitories have been placed under a 14-day quarantine due to the growing number of confirmed infection cases from those places.

  • Apple will produce 1 million face shields per week for medical workers, CEO Tim Cook said.

  • At least 69,309 people worldwide have died from coronavirus-related complications, according to the latest numbers from Johns Hopkins University.

  • South Korea reported 47 new cases of infection, one of the lowest daily reported numbers for the country since late February when the outbreak spread exponentially.


  • Global cases: More than 1.27 million

  • Global deaths: At least 69,300

  • Most cases reported: United States (337,072), Spain (131,646), Italy (128,948), Germany (100,123), and France (93,773)

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