Dengue at record high in Singapore amid COVID-19 pandemic

Singapore is grappling with a record number of dengue cases this year, and workers being encouraged to work from home to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic is one of the main factors, the National Environment Agency said Wednesday.As of Tuesday, there have been 22,403 reported dengue cases this year, compared with nearly 16,000 cases for the whole of last year, the agency said on its website. The number surpasses the previous record of 22,170 set in 2013.This is the eighth consecutive week in which the number of reported dengue cases has exceeded 1,000, it said.Twenty people have died…READ FULL ARTICLE