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[Automation-CNA] Singapore returns to tighter COVID-19 measures: What's allowed under the new rules?
SINGAPORE: With the recent rise in COVID-19 cases in the community, Singapore has announced tighter measures for about three weeks from Saturday (May 8) to curb the spread of infection.
- Singapore has announced tighter measures for about three weeks from Saturday (May 8)
- You can meet family and friends at home, but households can only receive five distinct visitors per day.
- You can still go to exercise classes, but only if you are taking outdoor classes, which is subject to a cap of 30 participants.
- From May 8 to 30, the proportion of employees returning to the workplace will be reduced to 50 per cent.
- You can still attend worship services, but pre-event COVID-19 testing will be required for services with more than 100 attendees at any one time.
- Marriage solemnisations may proceed with up to 250 attendees. For burials or cremations, the cap on attendees will be reduced from 50 to 30.
- Attractions and Tours will not be closed, but there will be a new limit on the number of visitors.
- Remember to bring along your TraceTogether token when you head out, or simply use the TraceTogether app on your phone.
05 May 2021 12:59PM
(Updated: 31 Jan 2025 05:56PM)
WILL ATTRACTIONS AND TOURS CLOSE?
No, but there will be a new limit on the number of visitors.
Operating capacities at attractions, museums and public libraries will be reduced from 65 per cent to 50 per cent.
Tour groups will need to reduce the number of participants to 20 people from the current limit of 50.
For cinemas, pre-event testing will be required if there are more than 100 patrons. There will be no change to the total number of patrons allowed, which is capped at 250.
USE OF TRACE TOGETHER
Remember to bring along your TraceTogether token when you head out, or simply use the TraceTogether app on your phone.
Trace Together-only Safe Entry at high-risk venues will start on May 17, after authorities announced that its implementation will be brought forward by two weeks.
Scanning of Safe Entry QR codes with phone cameras and the SingPass application will be discontinued from the same day. Check-ins using national identification cards will be allowed until May 31 to ease the transition.
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Places that are considered high risk, such as indoor gyms and fitness studios, will have to close, while fewer people will be allowed at attractions, public libraries, funerals and MICE events.
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