Singapore optimistic land VTL with Malaysia to be launched earlier than Air VTL


SINGAPORE: Singapore is optimistic that it will be able to launch the land Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) with Malaysia "at the end of this month close to the launch of the air VTL” which is scheduled on Nov 29.

"It is also possible that we may be able to do so on the same day," said the republic’s co-chair of Multi-ministry Taskforce (MTF) on Covid-19, Gan Kim Yong, at a virtual press conference here on Saturday (Nov 20).

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