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On 3 April 2020, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced a nationwide partial lockdown, known as a circuit breaker, to contain the spread of COVID-19 in Singapore. These measures came after an increase of unlinked cases over the preceding month, as well as the risk of a huge cluster of infections.
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.
Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore (2023) This page was last edited on 19 May 2023, at 10:40 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
25 February: Singapore announced a ban on visitors arriving from Cheongdo and Daegu in South Korea from 26 February, following a large increase in the number of confirmed cases there. Singapore citizens, permanent residents and long-term pass holders returning from Cheongdo and Daegu within the last 14 days were issued a SHN lasting 14 days. [121]
Observers stated that the lockdown had slowed the growth rate of the pandemic by 6 April to a rate of doubling every six days, [177] and by 18 April, to a rate of doubling every eight days. [178] As the end of the first lockdown period approached, state governments and other advisory committees recommended extending the lockdown. [179]
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4 January: Eligible individuals of all age groups can walk into any vaccination centre without booking an appointment. [4]9 January: In the wake of China's reopening, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung announced that travelers from China to Singapore would not be required to undergo pre-departure COVID-19 testing.
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