Singapore taking moderate approach to Covid-19 border measures; no surge in cases since China border reopening


In the last four weeks of 2022, about 200 travellers from China were detected to have Covid-19 – or less than 5 per cent of all imported cases in that period in Singapore. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, Jan 9 (The Straits Times/ANN): While other nations have taken a wide variety of approaches to their Covid-19-related border measures, Singapore is taking the middle road and is not discriminating against any country as severe cases can originate anywhere, Minister for Health Ong Ye Kung said on Monday.

Delivering a ministerial statement in Parliament, Ong noted that Singapore currently requires that incoming travellers either be fully vaccinated – according to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) definition – or take a pre-departure test if not fully vaccinated.

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