Singapore to Block Entry to Visitors from South Africa in View of Covid-19 Pandemic

Singapore to Block Entry to Visitors from South Africa in View of Covid-19 Pandemic

Singapore will stop allowing entry to visitors with a recent travel history to South Africa, its health ministry said on Friday, citing reports of a potentially more contagious strain of the novel coronavirus circulating in the country.

The new border restrictions for travellers from South Africa will effectively be in place from Jan. 4.