SINGAPORE, April 30 ― A Singaporean man who broke his coronavirus quarantine with 30 minutes remaining to buy prata flatbread worth a few dollars was fined US$1,000 (RM4,322), the latest in a string of tough punishments for those who breach the city-state's Covid-19 containment rules. The tiny...
Medical personnel sort out medical supplies at a dormitory during the Covid-19 outbreak in Singapore April 20, 2020. — Reuters pic
But it has won international praise for its strict quarantine and contact tracing regime that have limited infections in the wider community. As he was eating, an officer monitoring his quarantine called his mobile phone to check if he was at home but Tay said he had left to buy food because he was hungry, according to the case records.
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