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Travellers from Singapore will have to self-monitor for Covid-19 symptoms after they leave quarantine. - Reuters
HONG KONG (The Straits Times/ANN): The authorities here have cut short the compulsory quarantine period in designated hotels for visitors from low-risk countries, including Singapore, from 21 days to 14 from Friday (April 9).
Along with those departing New Zealand and Australia, travellers from Singapore will have to self-monitor for Covid-19 symptoms after they leave quarantine and take their body temperature for another seven days.
They will also have to undergo mandatory testing on the 19th day after their arrival in the territory.
The new rules, which also apply to Hong Kong residents, come as the pandemic in the city is being brought under control, although health experts have urged caution following the long Easter and Qing Ming holidays.
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Seroja was the 10th cyclone to hit Indonesia since 2008 and the strongest to date, killing over a hundred people. - AFP
JAKARTA (The Straits Times/ANN): Rising sea temperatures due to global warming were responsible for tropical cyclone Seroja, which triggered devastating floods and landslides in Indonesia s East Nusa Tenggara islands on Sunday (April 4), Indonesia s weather agency has said.
More than a hundred people lost their lives in the disaster. Seroja is the first one to bring tremendous impact because it hit the land. It s uncommon, she added.
Indonesia s last major tropical cyclone, Cempaka, formed in the sea in November 2017, and largely dissipated when it hit landfall.