Borders gradually reopen

[reader]

From Channel News Asia

SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has set up a Safe Travel Office (STO) to ensure an easier and smoother traveller experience with the gradual reopening of borders, Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said on Thursday (Aug 27) in his ministry’s addendum to the President’s address.

This comes as Singapore sees stable local community transmission of COVID-19 and embarks on various travel schemes with other countries, he said.

President Halimah Yacob told Parliament on Monday that Singapore will safely resume air travel to maintain its role as a global and regional hub.

Singapore has reciprocal travel arrangements with Malaysia and China, with plans for similar schemes with Japan and Thailand. The Government also announced last Friday that it will ease restrictions for travellers from several countries including Brunei and New Zealand.

 

[floridarob]

Is the "Make America Great Again" working, seeing that many countries won't accept us. Is anyone else tired of winning yet , smh

[spoon]

Most of this ease restrictions are currently only applied to business travellers. Surely in the right direction though. For malaysia-singapore reciprocal agreement, there is 2 scheme. Short term business traveller less than 14 days, they need to be in their country 14 days prior, get tested 3 days prior, get tested during arrival, and free to go after getting negative results. And long term workers allowed to go back to home town once every 3 month, observing home quarantine 7 days prior and after. Middle of the line approach that i hope will extend to tourist soon.