Govt lifts ban on foreign arrivals to aid recovery

THE nation has lifted a ban on all foreign arrivals and kept the required isolation period to seven days in a bid to keep the economy going, even as local Covid-19 infections continue to climb.

Authorities last week removed all 14 heavily-infected nations from its travel ban list, allowing travellers from countries including South Africa and the United Kingdom to enter its borders starting from Jan 12, according to a statement by the Covid-19 Task Force.