Community Covid measures: Status quo over CNY festive period
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House visits and reunion dinners at restaurants over the upcoming Chinese New Year festive period will continue to be subject to the prevailing five-person limit, the Ministry of Health confirmed on Friday (Jan 21). Large-scale religious processions or banquets will continue to be disallowed.
This, they emphasised, is to reduce the spread of Omicron, particularly to the vulnerable or unvaccinated.
Read our coverage on the latest updates here:
- Singapore shortens isolation period for Covid-infected, vaccinated individuals from 10 to 7 days
- Calibrated testing regimes for VTL travel and recently-recovered travellers
Meanwhile, several Covid-related measures have been relaxed while some have been tightened. Below is a summary of the main changes:
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