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Singapore tightens Covid-19 quarantine rules for visitors from Hong Kong, Australia and Japan
- Travellers from those regions will have to serve their stay-home notices in dedicated facilities from July 20
- They will also need to undergo a Covid-19 test before they end their isolation
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Singapore will tighten rules on travellers who had been in coronavirus hotspots including Japan, Hong Kong and Australia’s Victoria state, mandating quarantine in dedicated facilities for them from July 20 after infections spiked in those territories.
Travellers who have been in those regions in the 14 days prior to them entering Singapore won’t be able to serve their quarantine at their residence, the city state’s authorities said on Friday.
“We have updated our assessments based on the latest situation, and given the resurgence of cases in certain countries, we have decided to update our controls for travellers,” Singapore’s Minister for National Development Lawrence Wong told reporters.
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The affected travellers were previously allowed to complete their so-called stay-home notice period at home.
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They will also need to undergo a Covid-19 test before they end their isolation, and most are required to pay for their stay at dedicated facilities.
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Wong set out Singapore’s primary challenges: clearing virus cases among foreign workers living in tightly packed dormitories, limiting cases imported from abroad, and guarding against a resurgence in infections triggered by failure to comply with social distancing rules.
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