Singapore sees first day rush for Sinovac vaccine; as 16 Covid-19 cases announced on Friday (June 18) thestar.com.my - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thestar.com.my Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
May 06, 2021
Travellers are seen at Singapore’s Changi Airport. The city state is restricting arrivals from India and has extended its mandatory two-week quarantine period by another week.
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Singapore on Tuesday (May 4) announced it would extend its quarantine period from 14 to 21 days for most inbound travellers – except those from seven jurisdictions including Hong Kong – as it battles a flare-up in Covid-19 infections linked to a large public hospital.
The city state now joins Hong Kong as having one of the world’s longest hotel quarantines.
Leong Hoe Nam, a Singapore-based infectious diseases expert, said the decision likely came after travellers who had tested negative for Covid-19 after 14 days eventually tested positive. This suggested that the virus incubation period has adapted to three weeks instead of two as was previously believed.
Singapore keeps dorm migrants segregated even as virus abates taipeitimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from taipeitimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Apr 20, 2021
It’s been a year since migrant workers in Singapore were confined to dormitories to prevent an outbreak of COVID-19 in their ranks from spreading across the island. Now, weeks after new cases among the laborers dropped to almost zero and thousands have received vaccinations, some wonder how long it will take for restrictions to end.
“I don’t have any freedom to move around … only allowed to leave from the dorm to worksite, dorm to worksite,” said Arif, a 30-year-old worker from Bangladesh who has been living in housing on the same construction site since the pandemic began. “Right now my only feeling is I want to go home to see my family, but I haven’t got the vaccination. I worry if I go home, I cannot come back.”