Singapore Steps Up Covid-19 Testing as New, Unlinked Cases Rise

  • Country’s largest virus cluster at airport grows to 100 cases
  • Six of the new daily infections were school students
A worker covers tables making them unavailable in front of eateries in Singapore on May 19.Photographer: Lauryn Ishak/Bloomberg
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Singapore is stepping up mandatory testing across the island-nation for Covid-19 as new and unlinked infections rise in the local community, posing a threat to its virus containment strategy.