Singapore committed to reopening borders even as Omicron spreads

People walk in and out of the Mass Rapid Transit subway station at the Chinatown district in Singapore on Monday, January 10, 2022. - AFP

SINGAPORE, Jan 10 (Bloomberg): Singapore is committed to steadily reopening its borders and aims to set up more quarantine-free travel agreements, Transport Minister S. Iswaran said in Parliament on Monday as the Asian country battles a rising number of coronavirus cases.

Passenger traffic will improve this year at Singapore’s Changi Airport after reaching about 15% of pre-pandemic levels at the end of 2021 from 3% a year ago, though a full recovery will likely "several years,” Iswaran said.