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SINGAPORE – From a bak kut teh meal to that must-have breakfast fare, timing is everything when it comes to food cravings and measures introduced to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
Financial adviser Tay Chun Hsien, 22, felt the urge to have breakfast at a neighbourhood shopping mall even though he had only about 30 minutes to go to the end of his quarantine.
He left his Choa Chu Kang flat to have his meal, a trip that has proven costly.
On Wednesday (April 29), the Singaporean was fined $1,500 after pleading guilty to an offence under the Infectious Diseases Act.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Norman Yew said Tay had been suspected of being a contact of Covid-19, and the director of medical services then ordered him to be isolated in his flat.
Court documents did not state why he was suspected of being a contact at the time.
The DPP added that the written order “stated in bold and underline” that he had to be isolated in his flat from March 19 until March 22 at “1200hrs”.
The Ministry of Health said in an earlier statement that Tay had acknowledged the contents of his quarantine order when he received it.
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