Singapore tightens Covid-19 restrictions as cases continue to rise to record numbers in country


The tighter measures in Singapore will last a month and be lifted on Oct 25, 2021. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, Sept 26 (The Straits Times/ANN): Singapore has made work-from-home the default and tightened other rules as it again broke a daily record for infections.

The city state announced 1,650 new infections on Saturday night (Sept 26), almost all locally transmitted among residents, and nearly 1,100 people were hospitalised.

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