SINGAPORE: All arrivals to Singapore from the Asean group of nations as well as Japan, Switzerland and UK will have to self-isolate for two weeks in the city-state’s latest measure to tackle the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.
The only exception will be to Singapore’s land and sea border crossings with Malaysia due to the special relationship between the two nations.
The move comes after Singapore’s Covid-19 infections reached 212 on Saturday, even as the island nation has yet to report a death from the infection. More than three-quarters of cases in the last three days involved those who had recently travelled abroad with the large majority involving residents in the country, according to the health ministry.
With Singapore, the Asean group of nations is made up of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. Tourism between the nations is likely to take a hit from the city-state’s measures. The country’s new travel restrictions will be reviewed in a month, when the measures may be extended. Singaporeans are advised to defer any and all non-essential travel abroad in the next 30 days, the health ministry said.
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