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Singapore Expands Quarantine-free Travel

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Tempo.co

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Laila Afifa

9 October 2021 18:36 WIB

A watch showing the time at noon, is displayed for a photo in front of Merlion Park, which is almost empty, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Singapore, March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su

TEMPO.CO, JakartaSingapore is opening its borders to more countries for quarantine-free travel as the city-state seeks to rebuild its status as an international aviation hub, and prepares to reach a "new normal" to live with COVID-19.

From Oct. 19 fully vaccinated people from eight countries, including Britain, France, Spain and the United States, will be able to enter the island without quarantining if they pass their COVID-19 tests, the government said on Saturday.

The announcement marks a major step in Singapore's strategy to resume international links.
The Southeast Asian nation, one of the world's biggest travel and finance hubs, is home to Asian headquarters of thousands of global companies whose executives have long relied on Singapore's connectivity.

The country of 5.45 million people has been reporting record daily COVID-19 infections of more than 3,000 over the past few days, though almost all the cases are asymptomatic or mild. About 83% of the population is fully vaccinated, one of the world's highest rates.

Singapore's travel program for fully vaccinated people began in September with Germany and Brunei, and will include South Korea from next month.

Up to 3,000 travellers will able to enter daily through the vaccinated travel lanes, a far cry from the record 19.1 million travellers to the city-state in 2019. Borders remain largely closed to key Asian countries.

Singapore is discussing two-way quarantine-free travel with several more countries, the government said. "We hope this further easing of measures and expansion of Singapore's border reopening will spur other markets to similarly navigate their pathways towards restarting air travel," said Philip Goh, Asia-Pacific vice president for the International Air Transport Association.

Singapore Airlines (SIAL.SI) said in a statement that it will expand its vaccinated travel lane networks to 14 cities.

The flagship carrier, which relies solely on international travel, lost a record S$4.27 billion ($3.15 billion) in the year to March, its second year in the red. Singapore's Changi airport was among the world's busiest in 2019, with more than 68 million passengers, before travel crashed last year due to the pandemic.

"Since the Singapore economy is extremely dependent on external demand for our goods and services, very simply put, any moves that help to lift the number of flights handled by Changi Airport will add to our GDP," said Song Seng Wun, an economist at CIMB Private Banking.

The country has hit some hiccups on its transition to an endemic COVID-19 as the population was focussed on avoiding it for nearly two years. Its leader said the high vaccination coverage meant people will be better protected from the virus, which is likely to infect nearly everyone.

"Let us go about our daily activities as normally as possible, taking necessary precautions," Lee said. "We should respect COVID-19, but we must not be paralysed by fear.

Read: Starting October 6th, Singapore to Allow Travelers from Indonesia to Transit

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