Tourists in Singapore Forced to Wear Electronic Monitoring Tags to Ensure Quarantine

  • Date: 05-Aug-2020
  • Source: Al Bawaba
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:GCC
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Tourists in Singapore Forced to Wear Electronic Monitoring Tags to Ensure Quarantine

Singapore will make some incoming travellers wear an electronic monitoring device to ensure that they comply with coronavirus quarantines as the city-state gradually reopens its borders, authorities said on Monday.

 

From August 11, the devices will be given to incoming travellers, including citizens and residents, from a select group of countries who will be allowed to isolate at home rather than at a state-appointed facility.

Similar measures using electronic wristbands to track peoples' movements during quarantine have been used in Hong Kong and South Korea, said Reuters.

Travellers to Singapore are required to activate the device, which uses GPS and Bluetooth signals, upon reaching their home and will receive notifications on the device which they must acknowledge.

Any attempt to leave home or tamper with the device will trigger an alert to the authorities.

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