Travellers grapple with extra cost, disrupted plans due to extended COVID-19 stay-home notice period

Many inbound travellers to SLOTXO เติมเงิน แตกง่ายได้จริง​ Singapore are facing heftier costs for stay-home notice (SHN) dedicated facilities, after authorities announced on Tuesday (May 4) that those from higher-risk areas would have to quarantine for 21 days, up from 14 days.

These travellers will have to pay about S$3,000 for their three-week stay in a dedicated facility, up from the initial S$2,000 for two weeks, according to the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA).

The extended quarantine starting Saturday will apply to travellers from all places except Australia, Brunei, China, New Zealand, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.

Those currently serving their stay-home notice and have yet to complete it before this date will also have to serve another seven days at their stay-home notice location.

Travellers that CNA spoke to say the news came as a surprise — throwing plans into disarray while burning a larger hole in their pockets.

“(The cost) was initially S$2,150. I sent ICA an email and they are saying it will cost up to S$1,200 more, which is not a small amount,” said 31-year-old Singaporean Max Lim, whose Vietnamese fiancee is due to arrive in Singapore next week.

The longer quarantine period has also presented a bigger headache for the couple.

They will be forced to miss an in-person appointment to verify their personal documents on May 31, ahead of their Registry of Marriage (ROM) ceremony on June 6.