Singapore to review Hong Kong travel bubble as virus returns The Edge Markets


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- A + A (May 5): Singapore’s government said it’s assessing any potential changes to a planned travel bubble with Hong Kong after a flareup of Covid-19 infections triggered fresh restrictions in the city-state. Singapore late Tuesday announced it would impose a three-week crackdown, including limiting social gatherings to no more than five people and tightening border curbs, to stem the spread of a new variant first identified in India. The tighter rules come little more than a week after an agreement to open an air-travel corridor with Hong Kong on May 26. “We will monitor the situation and we...