3 F&B Outlets to Shut for 10 Days For Not Checking Patrons Vaccination Status Before Allowing Them to Dine-In

After all the loss of business due to COVID-19, most F&B outlets are understandably eager for more customers.

Unfortunately, it seems like a number of F&B outlets have gotten a little too desperate for more customers—to the point of flouting COVID-19 rules.

3 F&B Outlets Discovered Not Checking Vaccination Status; Ordered to Shut for 10 Days 

As everyone already knows, the Ministry of Health (MOH) had earlier announced on 6 August that up to five fully vaccinated individuals may dine together from 10 August onwards.

As for those who are unvaccinated, they are allowed to join in such groups of up to five if they have a valid negative pre-event test (PET) result from an MOH-approved COVID-19 test provider within the last 24 hours, or if they have recovered from COVID-19 and have a valid PET exemption notice.

Unvaccinated individuals were also allowed to dine-in in groups of two at hawker centres and coffee shops.

On Friday (27 August), the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE) announced in a press release that three F&B outlets have been ordered to close after being discovered breaching Vaccination Differentiated Safe Management Measures (VDS).

In its press release, MSE stated that enforcement officers had checked nearly 700 premises and over 2,500 individuals for adherence to VDS in the past week. This comes after stepped-up enforcement by the authorities last week.

Three F&B outlets had been caught failing to check the vaccinations status of customers before granting them entry, as well as allowing individuals without a cleared vaccination status to dine in, said MSE. The three F&B outlets in question are:

1. No Name Bar (76 Prinsep Street #02-01)
2. Authentic Mun Chee Kee King of Pig’s Organ Soup (207 Jalan Besar Road)
3. Bigg Boss (40 Clive Street)

According to MS, No Name Bar had failed to ensure customers within the premises adhered to the permitted group size under VDS, and also failed to check the vaccination status of customers before allowing them entry. On top of that, the F&B outlet had failed to implement SafeEntry for customers, and had even delayed the entry of enforcement officers into its premises.

No Name Bar has since been ordered to close for 10 days from 26 August to 4 September by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA).

Both Authentic Mun Chee Kee King of Pig’s Organ Soup and Bigg Boss were ordered to close for 10 days by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) for failing to ensure that “individuals without a cleared status did not enter or remain within their premises”. The former will be closed from 23 August to 1 September, while the latter will be closed from 26 August to 4 September.

7 Other F&B Outlets Ordered to Close for Breaching Safe Distancing Measures 

Additionally, seven F&B outlets have been ordered to close for breaching Safe Management Measures (SMM).

This includes playing music in the premises, failing to minimise interaction between staff and customers, allowing the sale and consumption of alcohol after 10.30 pm, and failing to ensure a safe distance of at least one metre between groups of customers.

If you’re wondering what the government has against music, they don’t—it’s to ensure that people won’t talk loudly above the noise.

The seven F&B outlets are:

1. Bar-beque (46 Prinsep Street #02-01)
2. Haru (3 Magazine Road #01-01)
3. Beer Belly Lok Lok Bar (11, Irving Place #03-01, Tai Seng Point, Singapore 369551)
4. Chips Café and Bar (#01-02, 21 Cuscaden Road, Ming Arcade)
5. Glassy Junction Pub & Restaurant (37 Sam Leong Road)
6. Lotus@Norris (20 Norris Road)
7. Thalappakatti Restaurant (195 Kitchener Road)

MSE also announced in its press release that another F&B outlet, TCC (360 Orchard Road, #01-01, International Building), and ten individuals had been issued composition fines for SMM breaches.

This includes gathering in groups larger than the permitted group size while dining at F&B outlets, failure to ensure a safe distance of at least 1 metre between seated customers, and failing to wear a mask when not eating/drinking.

“Enforcement checks will continue to be stepped up to guard against community transmission in higher-risk settings, such as F&B premises, even as Singapore continues to reopen gradually,” said MSE.

If you’re thinking, is wearing a mask that important? Then, you should watch this video:

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