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Singapore’s Covid-19 case tally has hit 20,198, after 788 new cases were reported on Wednesday (May 6).
The Ministry of Health (MOH) said in an update that the majority of new cases are again work permit holders living in foreign worker dormitories.
Singaporeans and permanent residents made up 11 of the new cases.
According to the World Health Organisation, Singapore has had the highest number of cases outside of China in the Western Pacific region.
Of the reported cases, 18 – or 0.089 per cent – have died due to Covid-19 complications.
As the battle against Covid-19 rages on, Singapore’s Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing said on Wednesday that the Government will soon be distributing new reusable cloth masks to residents.
According to Chan’s Facebook post, the masks were developed by local manufacturers and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). These new masks have improved materials, higher protective qualities and are also more comfortable to wear over long periods of time, he said.
“We are building up our supply of these improved reusable masks and once we have sufficient stock, we will work with People’s Association and Temasek Foundation to do a round of distribution to all residents in Singapore towards the end of the circuit breaker period,” he added.
This will be the third time the Singapore government is distributing masks since the outbreak began in late January.
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A Swedish publisher has released a collection of poetry written by Chinese-Swedish bookseller Gui Minhai and “smuggled” out of China where he is currently incarcerated. Kaunitz said Gui Minhai “memorised” the poems while in prison and “when he was released for a short while, he wrote them down and smuggled them out to his daughter”.
Israel will keep up its operations in Syria until its arch enemy Iran leaves, Defence Minister Naftali Bennett said Tuesday after strikes on Iranian-backed militias and their allies killed 14 fighters. Israel has launched hundreds of attacks in Syria since the start of the civil war in 2011, targeting government troops, allied Iranian forces and fighters from Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
The Chinese authorities are clamping down as grieving relatives, along with activists, press the ruling Communist Party for an accounting of what went wrong in Wuhan, the city where the coronavirus killed thousands before spreading to the rest of China and the world.