Singapore reviews travel restrictions, removes India from list

Now there is no need for strict rules that stop travellers from these countries from landing in Singapore. Measures for travellers from Malaysia and Indonesia have also been loosened

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Singapore’s Health Minister Ong Ye Kung has announced in a virtual press conference that since the situation in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka has stabilised for some time now, travellers with a 14-day travel history will be allowed to enter or transit through Singapore. It has conducted a review of the Covid-19 situation in these six South Asian countries, it was previously closed off to.

Now there is no need for strict rules that stop travellers from these countries from landing in Singapore. Measures for travellers from Malaysia and Indonesia have also been loosened.

Spain, Germany, the Maldives, the United Arab Emirates, Thailand, and Turkey are the other countries that are allowing Indian travellers

Hence it has removed India and five other South Asian countries from its travel restriction list as the steps for border adjustment across the world in response to the current global Covid-19 situation, is rapidly taking place. At the same time, travellers from these countries will be subjected to the tightest of border measures, which involve a 10-day, stay-home notice period at a dedicated facility, it said.

The travellers would have to go through Singapore’s Category IV border measures, the strictest of Singapore’s four restriction levels, that allows entry only to permanent residents and citizens of Singapore and travellers under the Death and Critical Illness Emergency Visits Lane. Spain, Germany, the Maldives, the United Arab Emirates, Thailand, and Turkey are the other countries that are allowing Indian travellers.

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