Singapore schools emerge as new clusters
Yvette Tan
BBC News, Singapore
While many countries around the world have closed schools to slow the spread of the virus, Singapore has kept them open - with strict monitoring protocols in place. But two new clusters have now emerged in the country - one linked to a pre-school and another to an international school.
At least 18 cases were reported late on Wednesday at one PCF Sparkletots centre.
The affected branch is just one of over 300 in Singapore run by PCF Sparkletots - Singapore's biggest pre-school operator which has links to the country's ruling party.
However none of the confirmed cases are children at the pre-school - 14 are staff and four are family members of the principal.
The chief executive of the centre has now apologised, after it was revealed that staff were at work despite feeling unwell.
The centre has now been closed and all children and other staff have been put in quarantine. All 359 other centres will also be closed for four days.
Another three cases were linked to Dover Court - a British international school in Singapore. Again, all three patients are staff at the school.
While a number of children globally have been infected, the symptoms tend to be milder in children - studies show.
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