Singapore to block arrivals from India due to coronavirus wave
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Singapore health ministry said on Thursday it will not allow entry to long-term visa holders and short-term visitors with recent travel history to India, which is battling a second wave of COVID-19 infections.
On Thursday, Singapore said it was investigating COVID-19 cases in a migrant workers' dormitory for the possibility of re-infection and is quarantining more than 1,100 of the facility's residents. So far, 17 recovered workers were found to be positive for COVID-19 at the dormitory.
The government said travel restrictions with India will help curb potential cases in the dormitories because many of the laborers arrive from the South Asian nation.
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