All Singapore residents returning from Britain and the United States from Wednesday (March 25) 11.59pm will have to stay in hotels to serve their 14-day stay-home notice (SHN).
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What's the rationale behind this? Why not for those from Spain, France and Italy too? Seems kind of arbitrary.
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Oh ok. So got reason after all. Will financial assistance be given to those who can't afford the hotels?
Those returning from the two countries make up the largest share of imported cases so far, and this move will help prevent the potential spread of the infection to their family members, said National Development Minister Lawrence Wong, who co-heads a multi-ministry task force on COVID-19.
“We expect more Singapore residents, including a sizeable group of Singaporean students, to return from these countries over the coming weeks in response to lockdowns in these countries,” said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in a separate press release.