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[COVID-19 Virus] The Sinkies are fucked Thread.
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Why are South Africans given exemptions when they have a bad variant n vaccination rates is low?
COVID-19 measures eased for travellers from Hong Kong, UK, South Africa and vaccinated people in official delegations: MOH
People in protective face masks are seen at Changi Airport Terminal 3. (Photo: Calvin Oh)
20 Apr 2021 08:26PM
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SINGAPORE: Singapore will ease COVID-19 border measures for travellers arriving from Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and South Africa after taking into account the current outbreak situation in these places.
To facilitate "critical and essential" official travel, a stringent testing and self-isolation regime will also be introduced for fully vaccinated people in official delegations travelling to higher-risk destinations, said the Ministry of Health (MOH).
These were part of updates to Singapore's border measures announced on Tuesday (Apr 20), which also included a tightening of restrictions for travellers from India given the "worsening situation" there.
READ: Singapore tightens COVID-19 rules for travellers from India, eases measures for those travelling from Hong Kong
HONG KONG: REDUCED STAY-HOME NOTICE
With effect from 11.59pm on Thursday, travellers from Hong Kong can serve a seven-day stay-home notice at their place of residence "if suitable", said MOH.
This is due to the "improved situation" in the city, said the ministry.
The travellers must have remained in Hong Kong for 14 days prior to arriving in Singapore.
Singaporeans, permanent residents and long-term pass holders may serve the stay-home notice at their home if they or their family members own or are sole tenants of the residence.
They can also serve the notice in "suitable accommodations such as a hotel", said MOH.
The travellers must take a COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test upon arrival, and another PCR test before the end of the stay-home notice.
Previously, travellers from Hong Kong were required to serve a 14-day stay-home notice at dedicated facilities.
The measures were tightened in December last year over a "deteriorating outbreak situation", with Hong Kong reporting more than 100 daily COVID-19 cases on consecutive days.
The city reported eight COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, including four local cases.
UK, SOUTH AFRICA: ENTRY AND TRANSIT PERMITTED
Long-term pass holders and short-term visitors who have travelled to the UK and South Africa in the last 14 days will soon be allowed to enter Singapore.
Those with recent travel history to the UK and South Africa who wish to transit through Singapore can also do so on airlines approved to operate such transfers.
These changes will take effect from 11.59pm on Thursday.
Singapore barred entry and transit by travellers from the UK in December 2020, and from South Africa in January, over concerns of more contagious variants of the coronavirus circulating in these countries.
READ: New COVID-19 variants: Do the UK and South Africa virus strains pose a danger to Singapore?
"Our existing border control and domestic measures have been able to contain the risks of community spread from imported cases with such variants, which is now present in many countries beyond UK and South Africa," said MOH on Tuesday.
All travellers arriving from the UK and South Africa, including Singaporeans and permanent residents, are still required to serve a 14-day stay-home notice at dedicated facilities followed by a seven-day stay-home notice at their residence.
MOH said it will continue to evaluate the data on the various strains of the coronavirus as these emerge, and review the border measures accordingly.
OFFICIAL TRAVEL BY FULLY VACCINATED PEOPLE
Singapore will allow fully vaccinated people who travel to higher-risk destinations as part of an official delegation to be subject to a stringent testing and self-isolation regime with effect from 11.59pm on Thursday.
This is for "critical and essential official travel" made at the request of the Government to represent Singapore in an official capacity in important meetings, functions or international fora overseas, said MOH.
"In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, essential business and official travels still need to continue. While many meetings have been conducted over digital media, certain critical discussions need to be done face-to-face.
"Official interactions are also crucial to safeguarding and advancing Singapore's national interests," said the ministry.
Such travellers must adhere to a "strict event-by-event controlled itinerary" while overseas.
They will undergo PCR tests on arrival in Singapore, and on day three, day seven and day 14 of their return. This is similar to the testing requirements for travellers on the business travel pass scheme, noted MOH.
These travellers will also be required to undergo a seven-day self-isolation period at home or in a hotel upon returning.
"They may only leave their place of accommodation to commute to the PCR test site or to the workplace for essential work that cannot be done remotely," said MOH.
Travellers in official delegations will be informed by government agencies of their eligibility for such travel arrangements.
Those who are not fully vaccinated will be subject to prevailing border measures upon their return.
COVID-19 measures eased for travellers from Hong Kong, UK, South Africa and vaccinated people in official delegations: MOH
People in protective face masks are seen at Changi Airport Terminal 3. (Photo: Calvin Oh)
20 Apr 2021 08:26PM
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SINGAPORE: Singapore will ease COVID-19 border measures for travellers arriving from Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and South Africa after taking into account the current outbreak situation in these places.
To facilitate "critical and essential" official travel, a stringent testing and self-isolation regime will also be introduced for fully vaccinated people in official delegations travelling to higher-risk destinations, said the Ministry of Health (MOH).
These were part of updates to Singapore's border measures announced on Tuesday (Apr 20), which also included a tightening of restrictions for travellers from India given the "worsening situation" there.
READ: Singapore tightens COVID-19 rules for travellers from India, eases measures for those travelling from Hong Kong
HONG KONG: REDUCED STAY-HOME NOTICE
With effect from 11.59pm on Thursday, travellers from Hong Kong can serve a seven-day stay-home notice at their place of residence "if suitable", said MOH.
This is due to the "improved situation" in the city, said the ministry.
The travellers must have remained in Hong Kong for 14 days prior to arriving in Singapore.
Singaporeans, permanent residents and long-term pass holders may serve the stay-home notice at their home if they or their family members own or are sole tenants of the residence.
They can also serve the notice in "suitable accommodations such as a hotel", said MOH.
The travellers must take a COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test upon arrival, and another PCR test before the end of the stay-home notice.
Previously, travellers from Hong Kong were required to serve a 14-day stay-home notice at dedicated facilities.
The measures were tightened in December last year over a "deteriorating outbreak situation", with Hong Kong reporting more than 100 daily COVID-19 cases on consecutive days.
The city reported eight COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, including four local cases.
UK, SOUTH AFRICA: ENTRY AND TRANSIT PERMITTED
Long-term pass holders and short-term visitors who have travelled to the UK and South Africa in the last 14 days will soon be allowed to enter Singapore.
Those with recent travel history to the UK and South Africa who wish to transit through Singapore can also do so on airlines approved to operate such transfers.
These changes will take effect from 11.59pm on Thursday.
Singapore barred entry and transit by travellers from the UK in December 2020, and from South Africa in January, over concerns of more contagious variants of the coronavirus circulating in these countries.
READ: New COVID-19 variants: Do the UK and South Africa virus strains pose a danger to Singapore?
"Our existing border control and domestic measures have been able to contain the risks of community spread from imported cases with such variants, which is now present in many countries beyond UK and South Africa," said MOH on Tuesday.
All travellers arriving from the UK and South Africa, including Singaporeans and permanent residents, are still required to serve a 14-day stay-home notice at dedicated facilities followed by a seven-day stay-home notice at their residence.
MOH said it will continue to evaluate the data on the various strains of the coronavirus as these emerge, and review the border measures accordingly.
OFFICIAL TRAVEL BY FULLY VACCINATED PEOPLE
Singapore will allow fully vaccinated people who travel to higher-risk destinations as part of an official delegation to be subject to a stringent testing and self-isolation regime with effect from 11.59pm on Thursday.
This is for "critical and essential official travel" made at the request of the Government to represent Singapore in an official capacity in important meetings, functions or international fora overseas, said MOH.
"In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, essential business and official travels still need to continue. While many meetings have been conducted over digital media, certain critical discussions need to be done face-to-face.
"Official interactions are also crucial to safeguarding and advancing Singapore's national interests," said the ministry.
Such travellers must adhere to a "strict event-by-event controlled itinerary" while overseas.
They will undergo PCR tests on arrival in Singapore, and on day three, day seven and day 14 of their return. This is similar to the testing requirements for travellers on the business travel pass scheme, noted MOH.
These travellers will also be required to undergo a seven-day self-isolation period at home or in a hotel upon returning.
"They may only leave their place of accommodation to commute to the PCR test site or to the workplace for essential work that cannot be done remotely," said MOH.
Travellers in official delegations will be informed by government agencies of their eligibility for such travel arrangements.
Those who are not fully vaccinated will be subject to prevailing border measures upon their return.
Singapore tightens COVID-19 rules for travellers from India, eases measures for those travelling from Hong Kong
People wearing protective face masks at Changi Airport Terminal 3. (Photo: Calvin Oh)
20 Apr 2021 07:11PM
(Updated: 20 Apr 2021 08:37PM)
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SINGAPORE: COVID-19 border measures will be tightened for travellers from India, who will have to serve an additional seven days stay-home notice at their residence following their 14-day stay-home notice at dedicated facilities, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Tuesday (Apr 20).
This follows a surge of COVID-19 infections in India in recent days.
The stay-home notice period for travellers from Hong Kong will be reduced from 14 days to seven days, and can be served at their place of residence "if suitable", said MOH in a press release.
These changes will be in force from Thursday at 11.59pm.
“Given the worsening situation in India, and emergence of new virus variants, we will tighten border measures for travellers from India by reducing entry approvals for non-Singapore citizens or permanent residents, and subjecting all travellers arriving from India to an additional seven-day stay home notice at their place of residence, following their 14-day stay-home notice at dedicated stay-home notice facilities from Apr 22, 2021, 11.59pm,” said MOH.
READ: More than 50 on India flight to Hong Kong test positive for COVID-19
MOH added that they will be tested after their 14-day stay-home notice period, as per current requirements, and again after the seven-day stay-home notice period.
"Travellers who have yet to complete their 14-day stay-home notice by Apr 22, 2021, 11.59pm, will also be subjected to the additional seven-day stay-home period," said MOH.
"Migrant workers arriving from India in the construction, marine and process sectors will continue to be subjected to a 21-day stay-home notice. These measures will minimise importation risks and protect public health."
CNA has asked MOH for more details about the reduction of entry approvals for non-Singaporeans or permanent residents.
MEASURES EASED FOR TRAVELLERS FROM HONG KONG
MOH is easing measures for travellers arriving from Hong Kong following an improvement of the COVID-19 situation in the city.
This will apply to travellers who have remained in Hong Kong in the last 14 consecutive days and who enter Singapore from Apr 22, 2021, 11.59pm.
READ: India opens up COVID-19 jabs to all adults as New Delhi goes into lockdown
"Given the improved local situation in Hong Kong, travellers arriving from Hong Kong from Apr 22, 2021, 11.59pm will undergo a reduced seven-day stay-home notice period, which can be served at their place of residence if suitable," said MOH.
"They will be subjected to an on-arrival COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test and another PCR test before the end of their seven-day stay-home notice."
At the same time, Singapore authorities will also begin allowing long-term pass holders and short-term visitors with recent travel history to the UK and South Africa.
"The multi-ministry taskforce regularly reviews Singapore’s border measures to manage the risk of importation from travellers and onward local transmission, taking into account the current situation in their source countries or regions," said MOH.
INDIA RECORDS WORST DAILY DEATH TOLL
India, the country currently being hit hardest by the pandemic, on Tuesday reported its worst daily death toll, with large parts of the country now under lockdown amid a fast-rising second wave of infections.
The health ministry said 1,761 people had died in the past day, bringing India's toll to 180,530, still well below the 567,538 deaths reported in the United States, though experts believe India's actual deaths are far more than the official count.
The world's second most populous country is grappling with its biggest public health emergency after it lowered its guard when coronavirus infections fell to a multi-month low in February, health experts and officials say.
READ: For India's poor, COVID-19 'pandemic policing' adds to lockdown hardships
The US Centers for Disease Control and Protection has said all travel should be avoided to India, while Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson cancelled an official trip to New Delhi that had been scheduled for next week, and his government said it will add India to its travel "red list".
Hong Kong also suspended flights from India from Tuesday, the same day that the city reported that at least 53 passengers on a flight from New Delhi tested positive for COVID-19.
Singapore's health ministry on Tuesday said it will continue to adjust border measures to manage the risk of importation and transmission to the community as the global situation evolves.
"The Ministry of Health will also continue to review the data and evidence on any new viral strains and update the measures accordingly," it added.
People wearing protective face masks at Changi Airport Terminal 3. (Photo: Calvin Oh)
20 Apr 2021 07:11PM
(Updated: 20 Apr 2021 08:37PM)
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SINGAPORE: COVID-19 border measures will be tightened for travellers from India, who will have to serve an additional seven days stay-home notice at their residence following their 14-day stay-home notice at dedicated facilities, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Tuesday (Apr 20).
This follows a surge of COVID-19 infections in India in recent days.
The stay-home notice period for travellers from Hong Kong will be reduced from 14 days to seven days, and can be served at their place of residence "if suitable", said MOH in a press release.
These changes will be in force from Thursday at 11.59pm.
“Given the worsening situation in India, and emergence of new virus variants, we will tighten border measures for travellers from India by reducing entry approvals for non-Singapore citizens or permanent residents, and subjecting all travellers arriving from India to an additional seven-day stay home notice at their place of residence, following their 14-day stay-home notice at dedicated stay-home notice facilities from Apr 22, 2021, 11.59pm,” said MOH.
READ: More than 50 on India flight to Hong Kong test positive for COVID-19
MOH added that they will be tested after their 14-day stay-home notice period, as per current requirements, and again after the seven-day stay-home notice period.
"Travellers who have yet to complete their 14-day stay-home notice by Apr 22, 2021, 11.59pm, will also be subjected to the additional seven-day stay-home period," said MOH.
"Migrant workers arriving from India in the construction, marine and process sectors will continue to be subjected to a 21-day stay-home notice. These measures will minimise importation risks and protect public health."
CNA has asked MOH for more details about the reduction of entry approvals for non-Singaporeans or permanent residents.
MEASURES EASED FOR TRAVELLERS FROM HONG KONG
MOH is easing measures for travellers arriving from Hong Kong following an improvement of the COVID-19 situation in the city.
This will apply to travellers who have remained in Hong Kong in the last 14 consecutive days and who enter Singapore from Apr 22, 2021, 11.59pm.
READ: India opens up COVID-19 jabs to all adults as New Delhi goes into lockdown
"Given the improved local situation in Hong Kong, travellers arriving from Hong Kong from Apr 22, 2021, 11.59pm will undergo a reduced seven-day stay-home notice period, which can be served at their place of residence if suitable," said MOH.
"They will be subjected to an on-arrival COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test and another PCR test before the end of their seven-day stay-home notice."
At the same time, Singapore authorities will also begin allowing long-term pass holders and short-term visitors with recent travel history to the UK and South Africa.
"The multi-ministry taskforce regularly reviews Singapore’s border measures to manage the risk of importation from travellers and onward local transmission, taking into account the current situation in their source countries or regions," said MOH.
INDIA RECORDS WORST DAILY DEATH TOLL
India, the country currently being hit hardest by the pandemic, on Tuesday reported its worst daily death toll, with large parts of the country now under lockdown amid a fast-rising second wave of infections.
The health ministry said 1,761 people had died in the past day, bringing India's toll to 180,530, still well below the 567,538 deaths reported in the United States, though experts believe India's actual deaths are far more than the official count.
The world's second most populous country is grappling with its biggest public health emergency after it lowered its guard when coronavirus infections fell to a multi-month low in February, health experts and officials say.
READ: For India's poor, COVID-19 'pandemic policing' adds to lockdown hardships
The US Centers for Disease Control and Protection has said all travel should be avoided to India, while Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson cancelled an official trip to New Delhi that had been scheduled for next week, and his government said it will add India to its travel "red list".
Hong Kong also suspended flights from India from Tuesday, the same day that the city reported that at least 53 passengers on a flight from New Delhi tested positive for COVID-19.
Singapore's health ministry on Tuesday said it will continue to adjust border measures to manage the risk of importation and transmission to the community as the global situation evolves.
"The Ministry of Health will also continue to review the data and evidence on any new viral strains and update the measures accordingly," it added.
11 residents at Westlite Woodlands dormitory test positive for COVID-19
View of Westlite Woodlands dormitory. (Screengrab: Google Maps)
By Chew Hui Min
22 Apr 2021 12:13AM (Updated: 22 Apr 2021 12:57AM)
SINGAPORE: Eleven workers have tested positive for COVID-19 at Westlite Woodlands dormitory on Wednesday (Apr 21) - the largest number of infections in the migrant worker dormitories in months.
A letter from Westlite Woodlands to its clients, seen by CNA, said that 11 of the residents at the dormitory were confirmed to have tested positive for COVID-19 as of Wednesday morning.
"These 11 COVID-19 positive residents are Recovered Workers, and are in addition to the one resident who had been vaccinated and subsequently reported positive on 19th April 2021 (Monday) from Rostered Routine Testing," said the letter signed by the dormitory's manager.
READ: Dormitory resident who completed full COVID-19 vaccination regimen among 14 new cases in Singapore
The results are from 568 tests carried out on Tuesday for residents from levels two to seven of Block A of the dormitory, located at 2 Woodlands Sector 2.
The infected workers are being sent to the hospital or to a community care facility, said the letter.
The letter added that as a "precautionary measure", all the residents from the block, which number more than 1,100, will be sent to a government quarantine facility (GQF) for 14 days.
"These residents will be recalled from work today and required to stay in their units at all times until they are decanted from the dormitory to GQF," the letter dated Apr 21 said.
"Employers need to arrange for meals to be delivered to their employees during this period of time until they are decanted to GQF."
Swab tests will also be conducted on all the remaining residents in Block B of the dormitory.
WORKERS TO BE CHECKED FOR POSSIBLE RE-INFECTION
The 11 dormitory cases did not appear in the Ministry of Health's case count on Wednesday, which said that there was one new community COVID-19 infection and 14 imported cases.
One of the infected workers is the roommate of the worker who tested positive on Apr 19, said the Ministry of Manpower in a press release on Wednesday night.
As a close contact of the infected worker, he had already been quarantined.
The workers were immediately isolated and taken to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases to investigate for possible re-infection, added MOM.
READ: 1 community case among 15 new COVID-19 infections in Singapore
The first case from the Westlite Woodlands dormitory was reported and identified as Case 62181 on Apr 19.
The 35-year-old Bangladeshi is a construction supervisor who works at Sembcorp Marine Admiralty Yard and is employed by Prosper Environmental & Engineering.
He had received his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine a week earlier but was likely to have been infected before he could build up immunity, the Ministry of Health had said earlier.
EARLIER CLUSTER AT WESTLITE WOODLANDS
Westlite Woodlands dormitory had first reported a cluster of COVID-19 cases in April last year.
That was when the coronavirus cases in the dormitories began to rise sharply, leading to lockdowns at many dormitories.
MOH said on Oct 11 last year that the Westlite Woodlands cluster was closed after no new cases were found there for 28 days.
There have been more than 54,000 COVID-19 cases detected in migrant worker dormitories since the start of the pandemic.
Although the numbers peaked in the middle of last year, cases in the dormitories have fallen dramatically and before Wednesday, there were only seven cases reported since Jan 1 this year.
As of Wednesday, Singapore has reported a total of 60,880 COVID-19 cases and 30 fatalities from the disease.
View of Westlite Woodlands dormitory. (Screengrab: Google Maps)
By Chew Hui Min
22 Apr 2021 12:13AM (Updated: 22 Apr 2021 12:57AM)
SINGAPORE: Eleven workers have tested positive for COVID-19 at Westlite Woodlands dormitory on Wednesday (Apr 21) - the largest number of infections in the migrant worker dormitories in months.
A letter from Westlite Woodlands to its clients, seen by CNA, said that 11 of the residents at the dormitory were confirmed to have tested positive for COVID-19 as of Wednesday morning.
"These 11 COVID-19 positive residents are Recovered Workers, and are in addition to the one resident who had been vaccinated and subsequently reported positive on 19th April 2021 (Monday) from Rostered Routine Testing," said the letter signed by the dormitory's manager.
READ: Dormitory resident who completed full COVID-19 vaccination regimen among 14 new cases in Singapore
The results are from 568 tests carried out on Tuesday for residents from levels two to seven of Block A of the dormitory, located at 2 Woodlands Sector 2.
The infected workers are being sent to the hospital or to a community care facility, said the letter.
The letter added that as a "precautionary measure", all the residents from the block, which number more than 1,100, will be sent to a government quarantine facility (GQF) for 14 days.
"These residents will be recalled from work today and required to stay in their units at all times until they are decanted from the dormitory to GQF," the letter dated Apr 21 said.
"Employers need to arrange for meals to be delivered to their employees during this period of time until they are decanted to GQF."
Swab tests will also be conducted on all the remaining residents in Block B of the dormitory.
WORKERS TO BE CHECKED FOR POSSIBLE RE-INFECTION
The 11 dormitory cases did not appear in the Ministry of Health's case count on Wednesday, which said that there was one new community COVID-19 infection and 14 imported cases.
One of the infected workers is the roommate of the worker who tested positive on Apr 19, said the Ministry of Manpower in a press release on Wednesday night.
As a close contact of the infected worker, he had already been quarantined.
The workers were immediately isolated and taken to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases to investigate for possible re-infection, added MOM.
READ: 1 community case among 15 new COVID-19 infections in Singapore
The first case from the Westlite Woodlands dormitory was reported and identified as Case 62181 on Apr 19.
The 35-year-old Bangladeshi is a construction supervisor who works at Sembcorp Marine Admiralty Yard and is employed by Prosper Environmental & Engineering.
He had received his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine a week earlier but was likely to have been infected before he could build up immunity, the Ministry of Health had said earlier.
EARLIER CLUSTER AT WESTLITE WOODLANDS
Westlite Woodlands dormitory had first reported a cluster of COVID-19 cases in April last year.
That was when the coronavirus cases in the dormitories began to rise sharply, leading to lockdowns at many dormitories.
MOH said on Oct 11 last year that the Westlite Woodlands cluster was closed after no new cases were found there for 28 days.
There have been more than 54,000 COVID-19 cases detected in migrant worker dormitories since the start of the pandemic.
Although the numbers peaked in the middle of last year, cases in the dormitories have fallen dramatically and before Wednesday, there were only seven cases reported since Jan 1 this year.
As of Wednesday, Singapore has reported a total of 60,880 COVID-19 cases and 30 fatalities from the disease.
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