Singapore to bar visitors from India on worsening situation

Singapore said it will further tighten border controls with India, including a ban on visitors from the country, because of a "rapidly deteriorating situation” there.

Authorities are also stepping up measures to prevent a wider outbreak within Singapore, officials said at a press conference on Thursday. Foreign workers and those working in the construction and marine sectors, who had previously been infected with Covid-19 and recovered, are no longer exempted from measures like routine testing, the health ministry said in a statement Thursday. From Saturday, all long-term pass holders, which include foreign spouses or children of citizens or residents, as well as short-term visitors, who have been in India for the last 14 days will not be allowed into Singapore, or to transit through the city-state, the health ministry said. This will also apply to those who had obtained prior approval for entry into Singapore, it said.