BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, May 22 (Xinhua): Brunei will temporarily suspend the Reciprocal Green Lane (RGL) Arrangement with Singaporethat started from Thursday (May 20) until further notice.
According to Brunei's Prime Minister's Office (PMO), the country made the decision as it continues to review the risk assessment of all countries, areas and regions affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Travelers who have already been approved to enter Brunei under the RGL arrangement with Singapore can only continue to do so until Thursday night.
The PMO said that after this period, all travelers from Singapore would be required to undergo self-isolation at hotel accommodation for a period as determined by the Ministry of Health's risk assessment.
Brunei reported one new case of Covid-19 on Friday, bringing the national tally to 236.
According to Brunei's Ministry of Health, the new case is a man who arrived in the country from the United States on March 15. Both the RT-PCR test results before he arrived in the country and the current repeat tests during the quarantine period were negative.
The case was well throughout his time in Brunei and did not show any symptom. The patient has been admitted to the National Isolation Center after his preliminary test was found positive on Thursday.
The Ministry of Health conducted further tests on the case to ascertain when the case was infected. These tests have found that the case is an old infection and it is very likely that this case was infected before arriving in Brunei. - Xinhiua
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