People sit on a breakwater at the Marina East Park on June 06, 2021 in Singapore. Facing a sudden spike in the number of locally transmitted COVID-19 infections, Singapore in May introduced new restrictions in a bid to avert widespread infections and also to prevent a full-blown lockdown, which would damage its recovering economy. The restrictions include a reduction in the cap on people who can gather to socialise from five to two. As a result, this phase of the pandemic has seen Singapore become populated with groups of two in public, a visual oddity in a city that is normally bustling with large groups of people who enjoy socialising outside in its tropical climate.

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