COVID-19: Two to be charged with giving false information to MOH during contact tracing

SINGAPORE: Two people will be charged under the Infectious Diseases Act for giving false information to the Ministry of Health and obstructing the conduct of contact tracing amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Hu Jun, a 38-year-old Chinese national from Wuhan, and his wife Shi Sha, a 36-year-old Chinese national who lives in Singapore, were served charges on Tuesday , the ministry said in a news release.Hu arrived in Singapore on Jan 22 and was confirmed to have COVID-19 on Jan 31. Shi was identified as a close contact and quarantined on Feb 1.

However, MOH said the couple gave false information about their movements and whereabouts from Jan 22 to Jan 29 to health officials who were conducting contact tracing. Shi also provided false information while under quarantine, the ministry said.“In view of the potentially serious repercussions of the false information given by the defendants, and the risk they could have posed to public health, MOH has served Hu and Shi charges.

The ministry reminded the public that it is an offence under the Infectious Diseases Act to withhold or provide inaccurate information to officials during contact tracing. "MOH views such actions seriously and will not hesitate to take appropriate action against the perpetrators," it said.

Send them back to Wuhan where they came from!

Serves these offenders well. They are not helping!

Surprised that Chinese have such selfish and cheating attitude

Why don't share if they're holding WP, EP or PR? If they are PRs they should be told to be responsible Singaporean core.

These 2 deserve to be punished severely! Their selfish acts totally disregard the potential dangers and harms it could cause to the community!😡

The gov should barred them from entering to Singapore. They are so selfish!

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