SINGAPORE – A 33-year-old newly-wed found herself among a recent group of imported cases of Covid-19, after returning to Singapore from a three-week trip to Moscow to visit her Russian husband and in-laws.

The Singaporean, who wanted to be known only as Ms N, had visited her 38-year-old Thailand-based husband in the Russian capital, which had no quarantine requirements when she landed there in mid-May.

On her return to Singapore on June 11, she took a Covid-19 swab test before going to a hotel for her 21-day stay-home notice. There, she registered for a Covid-19 vaccine shot, which had just become available for her age group.