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Singapore had relatively few COVID-19 cases before the emergence of the Delta and Omicron variants from 8 May 2021 to 29 March 2022. [2] With its relative success in curbing the early spread of the virus in Singapore, the term "circuit breaker" and its measures was subsequently adopted by other countries, particularly in Canada and the United ...
Fabian Amos Gilbert, a flight attendant working for Singapore Airlines who tested positive for COVID-19, was charged for breaching his quarantine by leaving an isolation facility in April. [ 360 ] Citing the failure to adhere to safe living measures at Space@Tuas dormitory, MOM moved 342 workers to a government quarantine facility after a new ...
1 January: Following reports of a more contagious strain of COVID-19 circulating in South Africa, MOH announced that long-term pass holders and short-term visitors from South Africa, as well as those who have traveled there in the last 14 days (except for Singaporean citizens and permanent residents) would be barred from entering or transiting through Singapore from 4 January.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is shortening the recommended quarantine period from 14 days after a person has been exposed to the coronavirus, offering two alternatives, the ...
Follow me down memory lane as I reflect on my quarantine meals in Singapore's isolation hotel.
COVID is going around again this summer, with infections rising across Florida and the country. The good news is that the most common variants circulating in the country — KP.3, KP.2, and LB.1 ...
The COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 . The first case in Singapore was confirmed on 23 January 2020. Early cases were primarily imported until local transmission began to develop in February and March.
3 February: HSA announced that it had approved Pfizer's Paxlovid COVID-19 treatment tablet for use in Singapore. [14]Two politicians, Minister of State for Communications and Information and National Development Tan Kiat How and Parliamentary Secretary for Culture, Community and Youth and Social and Family Development Eric Chua, have revealed that they tested positive for COVID-19.