06/05/2021
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You may have come across a video posted on social media, showing a large group of South Asian passengers arriving at Changi Airport Terminal 1.
In the post published by Singapore Incidents page on 5 May 2021 at 2142 hours, the video in the post has a watermark which states the date as 5 May 2021 and the location as Changi Airport.
The post is misleading. This video was not taken on 5 May 2021.
The video showed the passengers arriving at Changi Airport Terminal 1, and a clock indicating 1453 hours. No flights from South Asia had arrived at Terminal 1 in the early afternoon of 5 May 2021.
Based on the video footage, passengers were seen walking past a renovation hoarding at gate hold room D42/43. This hoarding was removed on 5 April 2021. This establishes that the video was taken before 5 April 2021.
With effect from 23 April 2021 2359 hours, all long-term pass holders and short-term visitors with recent travel history to India are not allowed entry into or transit through Singapore. The same border control measure has been extended to travellers with recent travel history to Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka with effect from 1 May 2021 2359 hours.
We urge the public to rely on information from official websites and not to circulate videos and other information that may contain falsehoods. We will release more information shortly.
