Five COVID-19 cases among more than 5,100 people who entered Singapore via vaccinated travel lanes: Iswaran

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SINGAPORE: Only five out of more than 5,100 travellers who entered Singapore via the vaccinated travel lanes have been found to be COVID-19 positive since the scheme began last month. Minister for Transport S Iswaran provided the figures on Tuesday (Oct 26), during a virtual media briefing

Figures provided by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore showed that as of Monday, 15,099 travellers from the existing 10 countries had been issued vaccinated travel passes allowing them entry into Singapore.Of this number, 152 were from Brunei and 3,610 from Germany, with the remaining 1,372 from the other eight countries.

"It is important that we persevere with efforts to reopen our borders, with essential public health safeguards in place, to remain an international aviation and business hub with global connectivity," said Mr Iswaran. The vaccinated travel lanes are one such initiative, he said, adding that Singapore would be"cautious and calibrated" in its approach.current surge in COVID-19 cases in Singapore

, Mr Iswaran said he had been in discussions with his counterparts in other countries about matters including the pandemic situation here and how the country is handling it. “At the end of the day, I think countries will have to constantly update their assessments based on the circumstances,” he said.

 

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5 detected using our vaccinated lanes. Does these mean the pre flight test results from overseas are not trustworthy? This is serious enough for the coming import of a more deadly variant that will cause a disaster & muck up our current protocols.

Everyday there is imported cases so if it is only 5 from VTL,than where are the other imported cases from? If there are other imported cases from other travel arrangements,than why not standardised all travel arrangements,regardless of tourist/business etc etc ?

The SG government has forgotten that our cases started by tourists 20 mths back. 5 is enough for further mutated delta variant spread and the MRNA has no defense against this new variant. Another big mistake by the SG government to trade Singaporean lives for tourists dollars.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms , ephesians 6:12

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