Singapore’s government will shutter schools and most workplaces as the city-state unveiled a raft of stricter measures intended as a “circuit breaker" to slow the spread of coronavirus.
Most workplaces, except for essential services and key economic sectors, will close starting on Tuesday, while the city-state will move to full home-based learning in its schools starting Wednesday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in an address to the nation Friday afternoon.
The government will also unveil additional stimulus measures to boost the economy early next week. The action comes as confirmed cases of local transmission and unlinked infections in the country have risen in recent weeks. “We have decided that instead of tightening incrementally