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Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
No visitors for patients in hospitals except in certain cases, MOH says
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SINGAPORE: Most patients warded in hospitals are not allowed to have visitors in line with stricter safe distancing measures, the Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed on Thursday (Apr 9). “All public hospitals, private hospitals and community hospitals will minimise visitation for inpatients with the intent to reduce non-essential movements and contact time,” MOH said. Advertisement
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 2, 2020
Visitors barred from nursing homes until Apr 30 after COVID-19 cases detected in old age home
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SINGAPORE: No visitors will be allowed at all nursing homes in Singapore for the month of April, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Agency for Integrated Care (AIC) on Wednesday (Apr 1). The joint statement came after MOH announced 10 more cases of COVID-19 at the Lee Ah Mooi Old Age Home, which reported
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 1, 2020
Japan expands ban on visitors as COVID-19 cases climb
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TOKYO: Japan will bar visitors from the United States, China and most of Europe, the prime minister said Wednesday (Apr 1) as the country seeks to stem a recent rise in coronavirus cases. The entry ban, which will also apply to Australia, Britain, South Korea and many Southeast Asia countries, will take effect on Friday, Shinzo
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 23, 2020
No entry or transit through Singapore for all short-term visitors amid heightened risk of imported COVID-19 cases: MOH
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SINGAPORE: Singapore will not allow short-term visitors to enter or transit through the country in view of the heightened risk of importation of COVID-19 cases, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Sunday (Mar 22). Previously, except for a handful of countries, short-term visitors were allowed to come into Singapore, although they will have to serve a 14-day stay-home notice once
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 15, 2020
MUIS details mosque visits by COVID-19 patients, urges other visitors to go to doctor if unwell
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SINGAPORE: The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS) on Sunday (Mar 15) released a list of 10 mosques visited by five Singaporeans who had tested positive for COVID-19, after they attended a mass religious gathering in Malaysia. “Thus far (the Ministry of Health)’s contact tracing efforts have revealed that the individuals who tested positive visited a
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 14, 2020
COVID-19: Vietnam to refuse visitors from UK, Schengen countries
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HANOI: Vietnam will deny entry and stop issuing tourist visas to citizens from Europe’s Schengen visa-free area and Britain starting from Sunday (Mar 15), amid concerns over the spreading coronavirus, its foreign ministry said. The restriction will start from midday Mar 15 following a proposal from the country’s prime minister, the ministry said in a
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 6, 2020
South Korea to void visas of Japanese visitors in virus retaliation
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SEOUL: Seoul suspended a visa-waiver programme for Japanese nationals on Friday (Mar 6) in retaliation for what it called an “irrational” plan by Tokyo to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, escalating a diplomatic row over their containment measures. The two countries have close economic ties and are both major US allies, democracies and market economies
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 6, 2020
No compulsory quarantine of visitors to Thailand amid COVID-19 outbreak: Health ministry
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BANGKOK: Thai health authorities on Friday (Mar 6) said they would not order the compulsory quarantine of visitors from countries hit hard by coronavirus, as the kingdom struggles to balance health fears with the needs of its flatlining economy. The holidays of possibly tens of thousands of people were cast into doubt on Tuesday when the
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 5, 2020
Japan to quarantine visitors from China, South Korea: Report
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TOKYO: Japan plans to quarantine people coming from China and South Korea for two weeks to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, the Yomiuri daily reported on Thursday (Mar 5). The newspaper said that everyone coming from the two countries will be quarantined at medical or other facilities and the government will ask Chinese
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 4, 2020
COVID-19: Visitors from Singapore to Thailand do not need to self-quarantine, says tourism authority
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SINGAPORE: Visitors from Singapore to Thailand will not have quarantine to themselves amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the Tourism Authority of Thailand confirmed on Wednesday (Mar 4). This comes after the Thailand’s Health Ministry announced on Tuesday afternoon that Singapore was among nine places listed as “high-risk”, and that visitors from Singapore will have to quarantine themselves for
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