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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.
Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore may refer to: Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore (2020) Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore (2021) Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore (2022) Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore (2023)
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.
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.
The COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom was a series of stay-at-home orders introduced by the British and devolved governments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 23 March 2020, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a nationwide lockdown to curb the widening outbreak of COVID-19.
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.
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]