Singapore’s fight against the coronavirus outbreak continues
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Here are the latest measures that are in place. It seems that not all of the measures are mandatory.
- Visitors from Italy, France, Spain and Germany within the last 14 days will not be allowed entry or transit. – Starts from 11.59 pm on Sunday (15 March 2020)
- Singaporeans and permanent residents who had been to Italy, France, Spain and Germany within the last 14 days will need to stay home for 14 days and applies to long-term pass holders as well
- Travel advisories to Singaporeans against non-essential travel to countries with a high number of infections
- Visitors who show signs of symptoms at the customs checkpoints are required to serve a 14-day stay home notice even if the swab test for coronavirus is negative
- Singapore will cease port calls for all cruise vessels.
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- All major cultural and sports event or concerts that has more than 250 people must be cancelled or postponed unless evidence has been shown and demonstrate a high level of precaution measures, subjected to approval.ace before they can proceed.Â
- Organisers are expected to be responsible to increase ventilation and reduce people to people contact, any participants of events must be at least 1meter away from each other.
- Employers should put in place measures to reduce close contact, such as implementing telecommuting and video-conferencing, staggering work hours and allowing staff to commute at off-peak hours.
- Public dining venues to have 1 meter apart from each other
- Entertainment venues and tourist attractions could limit the number of visitors at any one time and increase spacing among visitors.