Singapore rushes to contain COVID-19 after record spike

Singapore has reported 1,111 new cases of COVID-19 infection as of Tuesday noon. With its total number of confirmed infections at 9,125 Singapore has the highest number of infections in Southeast Asia.

Of the new cases, the vast majority are Work Permit holders residing in foreign worker dormitories. | Above: Temperature checks are carried out at S11 Punggol migrant workers' dormitory in Singapore.

The island nation’s small size and proactive state government quickly facilitated contact tracing and enforcement of restrictions. But its case totals exploded last week as the coronavirus rampaged through the tightly packed dormitories housing migrant workers who perform essential services. | Above: Medical sreening takes place at Westlite Toh Guan dormitory.

A man wearing a protective face mask fumigates outside of S11 Punggol dormitory in Singapore.

Doctors attend migrant workers at HealthServe clinic in Singapore.

Workers install a signboard which reads "Beach Closed" at East Coast Park in Singapore.

A man wearing a protective face mask fumigates outside of S11 Punggol dormitory in Singapore.

An ambulance exits Westlite Dormitory, one of the two workers' dormitory gazetted as isolation areas to curb the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Singapore.

People queue up to receive a free meal in Singapore's Chinatown.

A pedestrian walks past shuttered stores and businesses during a partial lockdown in Singapore.

A worker wearing a face mask fumigates at a construction site in Singapore.

People are seen in a room of S 11 Punggol dormitory, as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Singapore.

Stores and bars stand closed on Haji Lane in Singapore.

A body temperature check at the entrance to a grocery store in Singapore.

A fruit vendor (C) wearing a facemask manages their stall next to closed shops in the Chinatown district of Singapore.

Women walk near a closed section of a park connector network in Singapore.