Vivian Balakrishnan to miss Leaders' Retreat in Bintan after receiving COVID-19 health risk warning

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SINGAPORE: Singapore's Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan will not travel to Bintan for the fifth Singapore-Indonesia Leaders' Retreat on Tuesday (Jan 25) a

on Tuesday after receiving a COVID-19 health risk warning.

Health risk warnings are issued to people identified as close contacts of COVID-19 cases, based on TraceTogether and SafeEntry data, or if they are a household member of a COVID-19 case. Dr Balakrishnan said Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sim Ann would stand in for him at the retreat.and do ART tests regularly for the next seven days," he said, referring to the Health Ministry's protocols for COVID-19.

During the retreat, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Indonesian President Joko Widodo will witness the signing and exchange of these agreements negotiated on the basis of the Framework for Discussions announced at the last Leaders’ Retreat in 2019, the Prime Minister's Office said on Monday.

 

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