Singapore threatens jail, fines for coronavirus patients who lie to investigators

Health and government officials in Singapore are threatening coronavirus patients with thousands of dollars in fines — or even jail time — if they lie to investigators about their travel history.

At least 117  cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in Singapore as of Friday , according to the Singapore Ministry of Health, and officials are expected to monitor every step taken by those patients.

“Contact tracing teams have been working” 13 hours a day or more, tracing back the steps of anyone who’s contracted the deadly bug, a spokesperson for the agency told Business Insider Thursday.

The comments come just over a week after Singapore charged a coronavirus-infected Chinese couple under its Infectious Diseases Act for misleading health investigators and giving incorrect information about their travel history. Its unclear what their penalty was.

The city-state has also begun stripping people “of their permanent-resident status and revoking foreigners’ work passes over virus-related infractions,” according to the Wall Street Journal.

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