Singapore tightens COVID-19 measures, travel bubble unlikely
By ZEN SOO Associated Press May 14, 2021 2:22am Text size Copy shortlink:
SINGAPORE Singapore further tightened its COVID-19 measures as it sought to control an increase in untraceable coronavirus infections in the city-state.
From Sunday until June 13, gatherings will be limited to two people, and restaurants can only provide delivery or takeout services. Companies will have to make working from home the default for employees who are able to do so. A pattern of local unlinked community cases has emerged and is persisting, Singapore s Ministry of Health said in a statement Friday. This is worrying as it suggests that there may be
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A passenger at Changi Airport in Singapore on Jan 14, 2021. (Photo: AFP/Roslan Rahman)
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SINGAPORE: About 20 COVID-19 cases at Changi Airport were quite congregated around one zone - an area that receives travellers from higher-risk regions, including South Asia, said Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung on Friday (May 14).
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Shelves with reduced stocks of toilet paper are seen at a supermarket in Singapore, Friday, May 14, 2021. Singapore further tightened its COVID-19 measures as it sought to control an increase in untraceable coronavirus infections in the city-state. (AP Photo/Zen Soo) May 14, 2021 - 5:21 AM
SINGAPORE (AP) â Singapore further tightened its COVID-19 measures as it seeks to control an increase in untraceable coronavirus infections in the city-state.
From Sunday until June 13, gatherings will be limited to two people, and restaurants can only provide delivery or takeout services. Companies will have to make working from home the default for employees who are able to do so.
Singapore further tightened its COVID-19 measures as it seeks to control an increase in untraceable coronavirus infections in the city-state. From Sunday until June 13, gatherings will be limited to two people, and restaurants can only provide delivery or takeout services. Companies will have to make working from home the default for employees who are able to do so. A pattern of local unlinked community cases has emerged and is persisting, Singapore s Ministry of Health said in a statement Friday. This is worrying as it suggests that there may be unknown cases in the community with possible ongoing community transmission and that our earlier and ongoing measures to break the chains of transmissions may be insufficient.