Coronavirus: Singapore eases rules on vaccination records for travellers from US after complaints
- Authorities will allow other forms of jab records for those using the Singapore-US vaccinated travel lane
- The move came after some visitors were served quarantine notices because their documentation wasn’t recognised
After some US-based Singaporeans expressed frustration at being unable to use a quarantine-free travel lane between the city state and America because they did not have a permitted proof of vaccination against Covid-19, the island nation’s authorities are easing the rules to allow other forms of vaccination records in the meantime for such travellers.
• Their digital vaccination record retrieved through the state’s or local health authority’s public health database
• Their physical vaccination record and a letter signed by their vaccination provider proving their inoculation status. This letter should contain the traveller’s details and information on his or her vaccination
Previously, the Singapore government accepted only vaccination certificates issued in the Smart Health Card format by issuers in the US on the CommonTrust Network, a global network of trusted health-data sources, or the Vaccination Credential Initiative, a coalition of public and private entities that is working to standardise the tracking of data in inoculation records.
Yet only nine out of 50 US states issue Smart Health Cards.