SINGAPORE: Guests getting into Singapore from 11.59 pm on Sunday (Nov 8) with Travel historical past up to now 14 days to Estonia or Norway can be required to serve their stay-home discover interval at devoted services.
This is because of a “sharp enhance” within the variety of COVID-19 instances in Estonia and Norway in the previous week, the Ministry of Wellbeing (MOH) mentioned on Friday.
Those that have journey historical past to Estonia and Norway should serve their 14-day stay-home discover at devoted services even when they’ve obtained approval earlier to decide out of doing so.
MOH introduced on Oct 27 that these coming from the 2 international locations can be allowed to serve their stay-home discover at an appropriate place of residence after they arrive in Singapore.
Norway Prime Minister Erna Solberg on Thursday advised Norwegians to remain house as a lot as attainable, after tightening restrictions on gatherings final week. The nation recorded 3,118 new COVID-19 instances a final week, up from the 1,718 instances the week earlier, Reuters reported.
Estonia on Friday reported 241 new COVID-19 instances up to now 24 hours, in keeping with its well-being ministry web site.
TRAVELLERS FROM SOME COUNTRIES, REGIONS ALLOWED TO APPLY TO OPT OUT
Travelers from Fiji, Finland, Japan, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Turkey are nonetheless allowed to use to decide out of devoted services and serve their stay-home discovery interval at their place of residence in the event that they meet the next necessities:
– Travelled to no different nation or area apart from these talked about above, in addition to Australia, Brunei, Hong Kong, Macau, mainland China, Malaysia (excluding Sabah), New Zealand, Taiwan, and Vietnam within the final 14 consecutive days previous to entry.
– Are occupying their place of residence alone or solely with family members who’re additionally individuals serving stay-home notices with the identical journey historical past and length of the discover.
COVID-19 exams will nonetheless be administered earlier than the top of the stay-home discover interval, MOH mentioned.
“All travelers are reminded to precisely declare their journey historical past. Strict enforcement actions can be taken in opposition to false declarations,” mentioned MOH.
“As the worldwide state of affairs evolves, we are going to proceed to regulate our border measures to handle the chance of importation and transmission to the group,” the ministry added.
Travelers are suggested to examine the Safe Travel Office website for essentially the most up to date border measures earlier than getting into Singapore. They need to be ready to be subjected to prevailing border measures upon entry, together with cost for his or her keep at devoted services, exams and remedy, mentioned MOH.
