60 F&B outlets ordered to shut or fined for Covid-19 breaches; 3 converted nightclubs have licences revoked
SINGAPORE — Sixty food-and-beverage (F&B) outlets have been ordered to shut or have been fined for breaching Covid-19 regulations, including three converted nightclubs that had their food licences permanently revoked for allowing patrons to dine there despite not being allowed to re-open.
SINGAPORE — Sixty food-and-beverage (F&B) outlets have been ordered to shut or have been fined for breaching Covid-19 regulations, including three converted nightclubs that had their food licences permanently revoked for allowing patrons to dine there despite not being allowed to re-open.
The Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE) said in a release on Friday (Oct 8) that of the 60 eateries penalised since mid-September, 36 were ordered to shut and 21 were fined.
They were found to have broken various rules, such as failing to ensure customers adhered to the permitted group size, failing to ensure workers wore masks, allowing customers to play card games on the premises, playing music or video recordings, and failing to ensure a safe distance of at least 1m between groups of customers.
MSE said that government agencies had checked more than 600 premises and more than 900 individuals for compliance to rules for vaccinated and unvaccinated patrons.
They found that four F&B outlets had allowed patrons without a “cleared status” to enter or remain within their premises to eat or drink.
A “cleared status” is if the patron is fully vaccinated, has recovered from Covid-19 or has a valid negative pre-event test within the last 24 hours.
For their breaches, two of the outlets were ordered to close for 10 days and the other two were fined S$1,000 each.
MSE reminded businesses that firm enforcement action will be taken against those who do not comply with safe distancing measures.
It also urged seniors to stay home and avoid congregating at hawker centres and coffee shops over the next few weeks.
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Source: Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment