Singapore allows Australia and Switzerland travellers to enter without quarantine in another reopening step
- The new travel lanes, which begin on November 8, will increase the quota of vaccinated travellers entering the city state from 3,000 to 4,000 daily
- Singapore officials say they are working to establish more agreements, including with neighbouring Malaysia
The move comes as Singapore pledges to commit to a “living with Covid” strategy to restart the economy after months of movement restrictions, even as it battles an ongoing rise in Delta variant cases. While the vast majority of infected people are asymptomatic or mildly ill, the number of seriously-ill patients has risen to such an extent that 83.6 per cent of the 366 intensive care beds in public hospitals are full. Of the 306 beds that are taken, 171 patients are being treated for Covid-19.
The travel lanes with Australia and Switzerland will begin on November 8. While Switzerland allows vaccinated travellers to enter without quarantine, Australia still does not allow tourists to enter.
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More than 50,000 Singaporeans live in Australia and over 25,000 Australians live in Singapore, while there are about 3,000 Swiss expatriates living in Singapore.
