According to a news report by Channel News Asia, Singapore has reported 1,426 new Covid-19 cases bringing the total numbers to 8,014.

Majority of the new cases have been reported to be work permit holders residing in foreign worker dormitories according to Singapore’s Ministry of Health.

As of Sunday, the cluster at S11 Dormitory in Punggol, Singapore was noted to be biggest, with 1,508 confirmed cases.

Sungei Tengah Lodge was reported to have the second biggest cluster with 521 confirmed cases.

CNA has also reported that work permit holders and S Pass holders in the construction sector have been placed on mandatory stay-home notices until May 4 as a precautionary measure against the spread of the outbreak.

Singapore has seen its Covid 19 cases take a new turn after it was reported that the nation got the outbreak under control, earning praises from WHO. With daily triple digit increase the situation down south is getting more serious than earlier thought. Its latest cluster was from fast food chain McDonald’s where handlers were found to be coronavirus positive with the authority taking drastic action by shutting down all the outlets.

Malaysia especially Johor will have to a keep watch at the developments in the island as traffic between the two are still high, many nations are facing problems with imported cases while Malaysia just about to flatten the curve we don’t need another wave of Covid 19 at this point.