America's Museum of Ice Cream launched its first international outlet in Singapore today, providing some sweet distraction from the coronavirus after curbs put a halt to many entertainment activities across the city state, Reuters reports.

Visitors were required to book in advance to prevent crowding and many were excited about the interactive exhibits - free-flow ice cream and children's ball pool filled with plastic multi-coloured ice cream sprinkles.

“We had a lot of fun in the bouncy castle, we were wearing our masks, but bouncing off the calories,” said health coach Trudy Sweeney, while biting into a red bean potong ice cream, one of the Singapore edition's local offerings.

The 60,000 square foot (5,574 sq m) museum has strict coronavirus protocols, including mandatory check-ins and showing of vaccination certificates or negative Covid-19 tests.