McDonald's Singapore shuts restaurants, deliveries as country sees huge spike in COVID-19 cases
McDonald's in Singapore is shutting restaurant operations, deliveries and drive-thrus from Sunday (Apr 19) to May 4 as a preventative action against COVID-19.
The halal-certified fast-food restaurant ealier stopped all dine-ins from Apr 7 in line with the Singapore government's stricter enhanced measures to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Thereafter, the company on Apr 12 uncovered a cluster of COVID-19 cases involving five employees at three of its outlets. On Apr 16 the Ministry of Health announced an additional case linked to the cluster, taking the tally to six.
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