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Medical personnel walk past migrant workers at a dormitory during the Covid-19 outbreak in Singapore, on April 27, 2020. — Picture by REUTERS

Singapore tightens Covid-19 curbs on social gatherings, dining

SINGAPORE, May 14 — Singapore announced on Friday the strictest curbs on social gatherings and public activities since easing a Covid-19 lockdown last year, amid a rise in locally acquired infections and with new coronavirus clusters forming in recent weeks.

The new measures announced by the health ministry, which will be effective from Sunday to mid-June, include limiting social gatherings to two people and ceasing dining in at restaurants. The authorities said they will review the measures after two weeks to assess if adjustments are needed.

— Reuters

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