Singapore has reimposed strict social-distancing measures, banning in-person restaurant dining and limiting social gatherings to two people following a spate of new Covid-19 cases.
The restrictions will take effect on Sunday, just weeks before the country was set to host the Shangri-La Dialogue, a high-profile annual defence summit that would have been the first big international event in Singapore since the start of the pandemic last year.
The measures are also expected to delay the opening of a travel bubble with Hong Kong that was set to start on May 26, the second time an effort to resume flights between the Asian financial hubs has been delayed.