SINGAPORE - Singaporeans returning from Asean countries, France, India and Switzerland from 11.59pm on Sunday will serve their 14-day stay-home notice in hotels instead of in their own homes, the Ministry of Health announced on Saturday.Similar to what is now being done for those returning from the United States and Britain, they will be sent directly from the airport to the hotels.
The countries were chosen based on the ministry's assessment of risks and the history of imported cases in Singapore, said MOH in a statement, adding that the move was to protect Singaporeans and further ring-fence the risk of community transmission from imported cases.Last month, MOH had said that all Singaporeans returning from Britain and the US from 11.59pm on March 25 will have to serve their 14-day stay-home notices in dedicated facilities instead of their own homes.
It takes time to get such facilities ready, and Singapore does not at present have enough to accommodate all returnees, the ministry said.
Shouldn't all arrivals be quarantined? At the rate its spreading, does it really matter where they are coming from? They've been holed up together with a hundred other weirdos in an air-conditioned flying metal box for hours just prior to arrival.
returnees from work, attachment, internship,studies are understandable. but those coming back from holidays, these are the ones that shld be given less priority in medicare. quarantine shld at army barracks like at tekong.
Soon or later, if there is no sign of slowing down, this may applicable to all.
I am surprised to see Switzerland included as I have not read anything in the U.K. about it being badly affected.