<div><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;">Singapore is returning to the lockdown-like conditions, banning dining-in and limiting gatherings to two people, as a rising number of untraceable virus infections pressures one of the most successful places in the world at COVID containment.</span></div><span style="color: #222222;"><br />''Country's Health Ministry in a statement said, for four weeks, from 16th May to 13th June, gathering sizes as well as household visitors will be cut to a maximum of two people from five people now, working from home will be the default, and food places can only do takeaways and deliveries.<br />''<br />''The Singapore dollar extended its decline after the announcement of the new rules.<br />''<br />''The number of new cases in the community has increased to 71 in the past week from 48 in the week before. The number of unlinked infections — the most concerning to officials has risen to 15 in the past week from 7 in the week before.<br />''<br />''A long-gestating air travel bubble with Hong Kong, set to start 26th of this month, is now unlikely to go ahead on schedule. Singapore was also scheduled to host the Shangri-La Dialogue early next month and the Davos-based World Economic Forum in August</span><br />