Singapore: Over 8,600 fines, totalling over S$2.5m, issued for breach of Covid-19 safety measures


A safe distancing enforcement officer at Ghim Moh Road Market and Food Centre in May 2020. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, Feb 21 (The Straits Times/ANN): From April to December last year, over 8,600 fines - totalling more than $2.5 million - were meted out to people who did not follow safe distancing and safe management measures and who did not wear masks.

From April to December last year, more than 6,900 fines were meted out to individuals who did not follow safe distancing and safe management measures.

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