COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore
| COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore | |
|---|---|
 Map of planning areas with confirmed (red) coronavirus cases (as of 16 April) | |
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Singapore |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
| Index case | Sentosa |
| Arrival date | 23 January 2020 (6 years, 5 months and 6 days) |
| Confirmed cases | 58,285[1] |
| Active cases | 76 |
| Recovered | 58,168[1] |
Deaths | 29[1] |
| Fatality rate | 0.05% |
| Government website | |
| www | |
The first case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore was confirmed on 23 January 2020.
Numbers
By late-March and April, COVID-19 areas were detected at multiple areas for foreign workers, which soon caused a large number of new cases in the country. Singapore currently has the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia, having overtaken Indonesia on 19 April 2020.[2]
Response
To fight against COVID-19, a multi-ministerial committee was formed on 22 January 2020 with Minister for National Development Lawrence Wong and Minister for Health Gan Kim Yong as the co-chairs and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Heng Swee Keat as advisors.[3][4]
Singapore also spent US$500,000 to support World Health Organization (WHO) efforts against COVID-19.[5]
In response to the growing number of new cases, Singapore announced on 3 April 2020 a strict number of measures called a "circuit breaker" from 7 April to 4 May 2020. The circuit breaker was extended to 1 June on 21 April 2020.
Cases
National authorities began reporting on suspected cases on 4 January 2020,[6] however the first confirmed case of infection was reported on 23 January. The person was a tourist from Wuhan.[7] Until 30 January 2020, there were a total to 13 confirmed cases, all of whom were visitors to Singapore from China.[8][9]
The first case involving a Singaporean was confirmed on 31 January 2020 after returning from Wuhan.[10]
References
- 1 2 3 "Situation Report [Summary of Confirmed Cases by Status in the Past 14 Days]". Ministry of Health (Singapore). Archived from the original on 2020-11-25. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
- ↑ "Singapore now has most coronavirus cases in SE Asia". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ↑ Goh, Timothy (22 January 2020). "Wuhan virus: MOH sets up multi-ministry taskforce, advises against non-essential trips to Wuhan". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 22 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ↑ "Multi-Ministry Taskforce on Wuhan Coronavirus: Terms of Reference (TORs) and Composition" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 March 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ↑ "Singapore contributes US$500,000 to support WHO efforts against COVID-19". CNA. Archived from the original on 25 March 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ↑ Chang, Ai-Lien (4 January 2020). "Wuhan pneumonia: First suspected case reported in Singapore". The Straits Times. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ↑ Abdullah, Zhaki (23 January 2020). "Singapore confirms first case of Wuhan virus". CNA. Archived from the original on 23 January 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ↑ "Singapore confirms 3 new cases of Wuhan virus; total of 10 infected". CNA. Archived from the original on 2020-05-09. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
- ↑ hermesauto (2020-01-30). "Wuhan virus: 3 more confirmed cases in Singapore, bringing total to 13". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
- ↑ Goh, Timothy (31 January 2020). "Wuhan virus: First Singaporean case confirmed; she was on Scoot flight from Wuhan". The Straits Times. Retrieved 13 May 2020.