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Coronavirus

Singapore imposes 14-day self-isolation on arrivals from Japan, ASEAN, Britain, Switzerland

Ministry advise Singaporeans to defer all non-essential travel abroad for 30 days

A woman wearing a mask passes a flight information board at Changi Airport in Singapore Mar.5.    © Reuters

SINGAPORE (Kyodo) -- Singapore on Sunday said that anyone arriving in the city-state from 12 countries including Japan will be required to isolate themselves for 14 days as part of stepped-up measures to slow the spread of the new coronavirus.

From 11:59 p.m. Monday, anyone including citizens with a recent travel history to the ASEAN group of nations, Japan, Switzerland or Britain within the last 14 days will be issued a 14-day "Stay-Home Notice," the Health Ministry said.

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