Singapore to bar visitors from India on worsening Situation

Singapore said it will further tighten border controls with India, including a ban on visitors from the country, because of a “rapidly deteriorating situation” there. Authorities are also stepping up measures to prevent a wider outbreak within Singapore, officials said at a press conference yesterday.

From tomorrow, all long-term pass holders, which include foreign spouses or children of citizens or residents, as well as short-term visitors, who have been in India for the last 14 days will not be allowed into Singapore, or to transit through the city-state, the health ministry said. All travellers from India, who haven’t finished their 14-day quarantine by yesterday, will need to complete an extra seven-day isolation at dedicated facilities, the statement said.