Singapore and Indonesia took further extreme measures to slow the spread of COVID-19 in their respective countries.
Singapore today extended limitations on travel, work, and life until June while Indonesia has banned people from traveling home for the holy month of Ramadan, which begins Thursday.
The two countries top known infections in the region. Confirmed cases today surged to 9,125 in Singapore and 7,135 in Indonesia.
Hong Kong reported a single-day increase of only four new cases today, but city authorities are not letting their guards down yet. Chief Executive Carrie Lam today extended bar closures and social distancing measures another two weeks.
In the Philippines, over a dozen prisoners and staff have been infected with COVID-19. The government has also ordered all citizens returning to the country to get tested.
In another punishing day for the markets, key indicators and indices in the region fell along with the rest of the world due to present volatility compounded by the collapse of the oil market.
More updates from Coconuts’ newsrooms in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong:
Singapore
- Singapore extends COVID-19 lockdown until June 1
- Migrant workers sealed in room since Friday due to COVID-19 fears: NGO
- Singapore pulls COVID comic heroes who drew epic hate, cringe
- Transport authority says it fixed overcrowded trains after complaints
Indonesia
- Bali officials question ‘fluctuating results’ from coronavirus test of Indonesian patient
- Badung regency extends temporary closure of tourist destinations until May 29
- More than 18,000 rapid tests conducted for at-risk groups in Bali: task force
- For ‘mudik’ ban, authorities to turn back vehicles leaving COVID-19 red zones: official
- President Joko Widodo bans ‘mudik’ homecoming exodus due to COVID-19
- ‘Bored’ patient, under monitoring for COVID-19, escapes isolation in Tegal with wife’s help
Hong Kong
Philippines
