COVID-19 measures eased for travellers from Hong Kong, UK, South Africa and vaccinated people in official delegations: MOH

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SINGAPORE: Singapore will ease COVID-19 border measures for travellers arriving from Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and South Africa after taking ...

"Our existing border control and domestic measures have been able to contain the risks of community spread from imported cases with such variants, which is now present in many countries beyond UK and South Africa," said MOH on Tuesday.

MOH said it will continue to evaluate the data on the various strains of the coronavirus as these emerge, and review the border measures accordingly.Singapore will allow fully vaccinated people who travel to higher-risk destinations as part of an official delegation to be subject to a stringent testing and self-isolation regime with effect from 11.59pm on Thursday.

"In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, essential business and official travels still need to continue. While many meetings have been conducted over digital media, certain critical discussions need to be done face-to-face.

 

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The correct headline should be UK and South Africa to have same measures as India despite UK being better off than both and Brazil missing from the list.

Poor journalism. You've failed to explain what the 'easing' entails.

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