Singapore eyes starting quarantine-free travel in September; ease measures for vaccinated people


Looking further beyond, Singapore will continue with a series of "progressive easings". - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, July 26 (Bloomberg): Singapore aims to relax more virus curbs, including starting to allow quarantine-free travel in September, marking the first time it’s set out a timeline to reopen borders that have been mostly shut for more than a year.

The South-East Asian city-state expects to have fully vaccinated 80% of its population by then, placing the nation in a solid position to move forward with reopening, Finance Minister Lawrence Wong told Parliament on Monday.

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