<p>A Singapore court on Wednesday sentenced an Indian-origin youth to six weeks of imprisonment for breaching a stay-home notice.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-in-india-news-live-updates-total-cases-deaths-covid-19-tracker-today-worldometer-update-lockdown-40-latest-news-838583.html">Follow latest updates on the COVID-19 pandemic here</a></strong></p>.<p>Quresh Singh Sandhu, a security guard by profession, returned to Singapore from Batam in Indonesia on March 17 and was served a stay-home notice, which required him to remain in his residence between March 17 and March 31.</p>.<p>However, he kept reporting for duty and shared a room with others, exposing them to the risk of infection by breaching his stay-home notice, Channel News Asia reported.</p>.<p>Sandhu had signed a slip acknowledging that he understood the notice, which said he could not leave his residence at all times during the period.</p>.<p>However, after clearing immigration, he went straight to Marina Bay Sands, a casino-hotel resort here, to start his shift as a security guard.</p>.<p>He took the train, switching lines to get there, and began a 12-hour shift at 8 pm that same day.</p>.<p>The next morning on ending his shift, Sandhu took a train to reach his accommodation, where he shared a room with three other colleagues at his company's quarters at Snooze Inn on Dunlop Street in the Little India precinct.</p>.<p>He did not tell his colleagues about his stay-home notice and instead continued heading to work the next three days and returning to the shared lodging after completing his shifts.</p>.<p>On March 21, Sandhu's supervisor found out that a stay-home notice had been issued to him, and ordered him to go home immediately.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority checked on him at his declared place of accommodation and did not find him there.</p>.<p>Sandhu has plead guilty to the charge.</p>.<p>Sandhu, who was unrepresented, said: "I made a grave mistake which I can't undo at this point in time. I deeply regret my actions. I never wanted to intentionally put public lives in danger."</p>.<p>For exposing others to the risk of infection, he could have been jailed for up to six months, fined up to SGD 10,000, or both.</p>.<p>Singapore has so far reported 32,876 coronavirus cases, a majority of them foreign workers living in dormitories. </p>
<p>A Singapore court on Wednesday sentenced an Indian-origin youth to six weeks of imprisonment for breaching a stay-home notice.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-in-india-news-live-updates-total-cases-deaths-covid-19-tracker-today-worldometer-update-lockdown-40-latest-news-838583.html">Follow latest updates on the COVID-19 pandemic here</a></strong></p>.<p>Quresh Singh Sandhu, a security guard by profession, returned to Singapore from Batam in Indonesia on March 17 and was served a stay-home notice, which required him to remain in his residence between March 17 and March 31.</p>.<p>However, he kept reporting for duty and shared a room with others, exposing them to the risk of infection by breaching his stay-home notice, Channel News Asia reported.</p>.<p>Sandhu had signed a slip acknowledging that he understood the notice, which said he could not leave his residence at all times during the period.</p>.<p>However, after clearing immigration, he went straight to Marina Bay Sands, a casino-hotel resort here, to start his shift as a security guard.</p>.<p>He took the train, switching lines to get there, and began a 12-hour shift at 8 pm that same day.</p>.<p>The next morning on ending his shift, Sandhu took a train to reach his accommodation, where he shared a room with three other colleagues at his company's quarters at Snooze Inn on Dunlop Street in the Little India precinct.</p>.<p>He did not tell his colleagues about his stay-home notice and instead continued heading to work the next three days and returning to the shared lodging after completing his shifts.</p>.<p>On March 21, Sandhu's supervisor found out that a stay-home notice had been issued to him, and ordered him to go home immediately.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority checked on him at his declared place of accommodation and did not find him there.</p>.<p>Sandhu has plead guilty to the charge.</p>.<p>Sandhu, who was unrepresented, said: "I made a grave mistake which I can't undo at this point in time. I deeply regret my actions. I never wanted to intentionally put public lives in danger."</p>.<p>For exposing others to the risk of infection, he could have been jailed for up to six months, fined up to SGD 10,000, or both.</p>.<p>Singapore has so far reported 32,876 coronavirus cases, a majority of them foreign workers living in dormitories. </p>