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BAN ALL TRAVELLERS FROM INDIA TO SAFEGUARD SINGAPORE!
Concerned Singaporean started this petition to Singapore Government and 5 others
India's COVID count just keeps going up! Lately, they have been reporting more than 200,000 cases per day. They also detected a new "double mutant" variant. The whole country is like a superspreader yet we are still accepting flights from India everyday! Is this acceptable?
We already have many cases that are imported from India. Yesterday, an Indian national was said to have been reinfected before coming to Singapore. He brought the virus here and now we have a new COVID cluster! Their pre-departure tests are obviously problematic. Despite all this, our government still allow them to come here.
It is not enough that we only reduce the numbers coming in. It is not enough that we extend their SHN by another 7 days. If we want to safeguard our country, we MUST ban ALL non-Singaporean/PR travellers from India! Here is why:
1) We risk another wave of COVID. Do we want another CB after all our efforts at fighting the pandemic?
2) We risk exposing fellow Singaporeans to the new mutant strains. Even if our population gets vaccinated, it does not mean that the vaccine will work against the new strains!
3) We risk our reputation as a country that has kept COVID under control. When people from India transit in Singapore, it makes it look like the cases originated from us. Who will want to have travel bubbles with us?
The government MUST do something about this. It is time for us to tell them to wake up their idea! This is not about xenophobia. It is to protect the health and safety of all Singaporeans!
BAN ALL TRAVELLERS FROM INDIA TO SAFEGUARD SINGAPORE!
Concerned Singaporean started this petition to Singapore Government and 5 others
India's COVID count just keeps going up! Lately, they have been reporting more than 200,000 cases per day. They also detected a new "double mutant" variant. The whole country is like a superspreader yet we are still accepting flights from India everyday! Is this acceptable?
We already have many cases that are imported from India. Yesterday, an Indian national was said to have been reinfected before coming to Singapore. He brought the virus here and now we have a new COVID cluster! Their pre-departure tests are obviously problematic. Despite all this, our government still allow them to come here.
It is not enough that we only reduce the numbers coming in. It is not enough that we extend their SHN by another 7 days. If we want to safeguard our country, we MUST ban ALL non-Singaporean/PR travellers from India! Here is why:
1) We risk another wave of COVID. Do we want another CB after all our efforts at fighting the pandemic?
2) We risk exposing fellow Singaporeans to the new mutant strains. Even if our population gets vaccinated, it does not mean that the vaccine will work against the new strains!
3) We risk our reputation as a country that has kept COVID under control. When people from India transit in Singapore, it makes it look like the cases originated from us. Who will want to have travel bubbles with us?
The government MUST do something about this. It is time for us to tell them to wake up their idea! This is not about xenophobia. It is to protect the health and safety of all Singaporeans!
