Restrictions tighten across Asia amid surge in coronavirus cases

Commuters wear face masks and practise social distancing while onboard an underground train in Singapore (Zen Soo/AP)

New restrictions are being imposed across Asia as coronavirus makes a resurgence in countries where it had seemed to be well under control.

Sparsely populated Mongolia has seen its death toll soar from 15 to 233, while Taiwan, considered a major success in battling the virus, has recorded more than 1,000 cases since last week and placed over 600,000 people in two-week medical isolation.