Migrant workers are pictured outside their dormitory rooms at Cochrane Lodge II, which was declared an isolation area due to the outbreak of Covid-19, in Singapore. - Reuters/Edgar Su
PETALING JAYA: The number of Covid-19 cases in Singapore has exceeded those in Malaysia, with the island republic recording a total of 5,992 cases as of Saturday (April 18).
Singapore's Ministry of Health said that another 942 cases of Covid-19 cases were recorded with the "vast majority" comprising work permit holders residing in foreign worker dormitories, reported The Straits Times.
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