Indonesia Imposes Entry Ban on Foreigners, Makes Quarantine Compulsory for Returning Citizens The Indonesian government will temporarily ban all foreign visitors from entering the country and oblige all its citizens returning from other countries to […]
Covid-19: LTA waives vehicle entry permit fee for M’sian motorists in S’pore as goodwill gesture All Malaysia-registered car and motorcycle owners in Singapore who stayed on here due to Malaysia’s movement control order to curb […]
Jokowi Orders ‘Large-Scale’ Social Distancing But Still No Lockdown Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Monday ordered a “large-scale” social distancing and said he would consider declaring a civil emergency in the face of a […]
High Court rejects challenges against law criminalising sex between men The High Court has dismissed three separate legal challenges against Section 377A of the Penal Code, which criminalises consensual sex between men. — Straits Times […]
#LockdownOrDie: populous Indonesia under pressure Indonesia’s government faced increasing calls to tighten restrictions on movement as deaths from the coronavirus rose by 12 to 114 on Sunday in the world’s fourth most populous nation which […]
Tighter border restrictions as coronavirus cases in Singapore go past 800 Singapore has further tightened restrictions on the entry of foreigners, with all long-term visit pass holders and student pass holders having to obtain approval […]
Indonesia’s COVID-19 death toll soars to 78, with highest number of deaths in a day The number of deaths caused by COVID-19 in Indonesia has soared to 78 as the Health Ministry announced 20 more […]
S$48.4b more to fight pandemic, with up to S$17b from reserves THE government has committed a record S$48.4 billion in a supplementary budget unveiled on Thursday to help Singapore weather the Covid-19 crisis, with in-principle […]
Indonesia’s health system on the brink as coronavirus surge looms Indonesia has a significant deficit in hospital beds, medical staff and intensive care facilities as health experts warn that it is primed to become a […]
Coronavirus: Singapore and Malaysia align protocols for border screening, return of travellers exhibiting symptoms The two countries agreed on applying the same cut-off of 37.5 deg C for the definition of travellers with a fever […]
Indonesia’s Covid-19 Deaths Climb to 55, New Cases Hit Biggest Single-Day Rise Six more people have died from coronavirus in Indonesia over the last two days, bringing the country’s death toll from Covid-19 to 55 […]
S’poreans who travel abroad from Mar. 27 to be charged unsubsidised rates at public hospitals for Covid-19 symptoms Any work pass holder or their dependant who leaves Singapore from March 27, 2020, will be deprioritised […]