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Singapore to Return to Lockdown Mode For One Month as Cases Rise
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These places are now struggling to find a path to re-open as their vaccination drives lag major western economies.‘Covid Zero’ Havens Find Reopening Harder Than Taming VirusThe return to near-lockdown in Singapore puts in doubt high-profile global initiatives meant to showcase its control of the virus. An long-gestating air travel bubble with Hong Kong, set to start May 26, is now unlikely to go ahead on schedule. Singapore was also scheduled to host the Shangri-La Dialogue early next month and the Davos-based World Economic Forum in August.The new rules Singapore will have for the next month include:Fewer people allowed in shopping malls and showroomsA maximum of 100 people allowed at business meetings and live performances with pre-event testing, and up to 50 people without such testingOperating capacity at attractions cut to 25% from the current permissible capacity of 50%Wedding receptions will not be allowedHong Kong Travel BubbleOfficials in both cities have signaled that the highly anticipated bubble, first scheduled to start last November, will be delayed again in light of the outbreak in Singapore.Transport minister Ong Ye Kung said at a Friday briefing that it’s very likely that Singapore “may not meet the criteria” for the arrangements to go through; the government will make an announcement early next week on the bubble’s fate after reviewing local cases.According to the terms of the agreement, the travel bubble will be closed for two weeks if the seven-day moving average of the daily number of unlinked local cases is more than five in either city. 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