Shanghai DLG wins UFI Digital Innovation Awards

At the 2021 edition of the UFI Digital Innovation Awards, Shanghai DLG Exhibitions and Events received first place for their outstanding work on the 2020 World AI Conference (WAIC) – a large-scale online event that was staged with only two months of preparation time. The company’s success story will be shared via a live case-study at Rotterdam during the 88th UFI Global Congress held in November.

Singapore lowers stay-home notice for travellers from higher-risk zones

Travellers to Singapore from higher-risk countries and regions will have their stay-home periods shortened from 21 to 14 days starting from June 24. All travellers will need to take a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test upon arrival and on the final day of the stay-home notice, in addition to the newly implemented self-administered antigen rapid test (ART) kits on days 3, 7 and 11.

Malaysia extends MCO 3.0 lockdowns again

The Malaysian Government has extended its nationwide lockdown to stem COVID transmission rates. As part of phase one of Malaysia’s movement control order (MCO) 3.0, the lockdown will continue until three main threshold indicators are reached – the number of new daily cases must drop below 4,000, public health systems must return to moderate levels, and 10% of the population must be fully vaccinated. Hopefully Malaysia recovers quickly!