JUST IN: Singapore is returning to lockdown mode for one month as virus cases rise, limiting groups to two people and making a planned travel bubble with Hong Kong unlikely trib.al/vX6uuKD
Singapore is returning to lockdown mode for one month as virus cases rise.
For four weeks, gathering sizes will be cut to a maximum of two people, working from home will be the default, and only takeaways and deliveries will be allowed for food places trib.al/5qRJQL7
BREAKING: Singapore's benchmark stock index slides as much as 2.6% after virus curbs are tightened trib.al/y5bR9Dz
The number of new coronavirus cases in Singapore has increased to 71 in the past week from 48 in the week before, the health ministry said.

The number of unlinked infections has also risen to 15 in the past week. More: trib.al/gEjeyAY
Singapore is returning to lockdown mode as coronavirus cases rise. These are some of the new rules Singapore will have for the next month ⬇️ Read more: trib.al/gEjeyAY
A quarantine-free travel agreement between Hong Kong and Singapore due to begin on May 26 may not go ahead due to a rise in coronavirus cases in Singapore trib.al/CHVWbK4
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong defends the government’s move to ban dining-in and limiting social gatherings to two people, saying the new coronavirus clusters and unlinked community cases were “very worrying” trib.al/UiG1H8G

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