COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore

The first case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore was confirmed on 23 January 2020.

COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore
Map of planning areas with confirmed (red) coronavirus cases (as of 16 April)
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationSingapore
First outbreakWuhan, Hubei, China
Index caseSentosa
Arrival date23 January 2020
(4 years, 3 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
Confirmed cases58,285[1]
Active cases76
Recovered58,168[1]
Deaths
29[1]
Fatality rate0.05%
Government website
www.moh.gov.sg/covid-19

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. "Situation Report [Summary of Confirmed Cases by Status in the Past 14 Days]". Ministry of Health (Singapore).
  2. "Singapore now has most coronavirus cases in SE Asia". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  3. 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.
  4. "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.
  5. "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.
  6. Chang, Ai-Lien (4 January 2020). "Wuhan pneumonia: First suspected case reported in Singapore". The Straits Times. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  7. 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.
  8. "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.
  9. hermesauto (2020-01-30). "Wuhan virus: 3 more confirmed cases in Singapore, bringing total to 13". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  10. 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.
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