Vaccinated travel lanes to 3 countries deferred as precaution against Omicron Covid-19 variant
SINGAPORE — The launch of Singapore’s vaccinated travel lane (VTL) arrangements with Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates will be deferred, as a precautionary move to reduce the risk of importation and spread of the new Omicron Covid-19 variant.
SINGAPORE — The launch of Singapore’s vaccinated travel lane (VTL) arrangements with Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates will be deferred, as a precautionary move to reduce the risk of importation and spread of the new Omicron Covid-19 variant.
The quarantine-free travel arrangement with these countries for vaccinated persons, originally scheduled to launch from Dec 6, will now be deferred “until further notice”, the Ministry of Health said on Sunday (Nov 28).
“This is in view of their proximity as transport nodes to the affected countries of Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe,” it said in a news release.
“We will provide more details on the commencement of these VTLs at a later date." CNA
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