SINGAPORE, Nov 16 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore will extend the Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) arrangement, to include India, Indonesia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Ministry of Health said, in a press release yesterday.
The VTLs with India and Indonesia will start to work from Nov 29, and those with Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE will be launched on Dec 6.
To date, Singapore launched VTLs with Australia, Brunei, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Republic of Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Britain, and the United States.
Singapore will also launch VTLs with Malaysia, Finland, and Sweden from Nov 29.
According to the health ministry, travellers under the VTL arrangement are not subject to Stay-Home Notice (SHN) on arrival. Instead, they will be required to produce a negative result of Pre-Departure Test, taken within two days prior to departure, and undergo an on-arrival PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test.
Yesterday, Singapore’s health ministry reported 2,069 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total tally to 239,272. Meanwhile, eight more cases, aged from 71 to 96, were reported to have died from COVID-19, in the country, taking the COVID-19 death toll to 594.– NNN-CNA
