Singapore will restrict arrivals from seven African countries, health officials said Friday, after South Africa discovered a new Covid-19 variant with a large number of mutations.
Singapore's health ministry said it is looking into an "unusual surge" in infections after the city-state reported 5,324 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, the most since the beginning of the pandemic.
Singapore recorded 3,383 new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, bringing the total tally in the country to 172,644, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in a press release.