Singapore’s schools and kindergartens on Monday re-opened as scheduled after a holiday, a day after the government announced a ban on visitors due to the pandemic.
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The Education Ministry said schools would deploy enhanced precautionary measures, such as daily temperature checks and wipe-down routines in classrooms.
“Any student or teacher who had been abroad during the previous two weeks would be required to stay at home for the following two weeks, the maximum estimated incubation period for Covid-19,“the ministry said.
The re-opening comes as the number of cases of Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus, continues to increase in Singapore, with 32 new cases announced on Sunday for a total of 455.
Meanwhile, two people have died from the virus so far.
According to WHO, the number is relatively low compared with countries in Europe, the pandemic’s epicentre where widespread school closures have been ordered in recent time.
The Health Ministry said that 80 per cent of recent cases to the wealthy South-East Asia city-state were imported, mostly Singaporeans returning from overseas.
Singapore, in its quest to stem the rising number of imported cases, announced that all foreign tourists and short-term visitors would be denied entry from Monday, and returning Singaporeans would face a mandatory 14-day quarantine.