Singapore will start allowing travelers fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to enter the country without undergoing mandatory quarantine.
The new travel rule will start in April and the Singaporean government considers removing a requirement for pre-departure swab tests.
Singapore was one of the first countries to shift to a strategy of living with COVID-19. The plans however were halted due to recent outbreaks in new cases.
Singapore’s Omicron surge started in February with a peak of nearly 26,000 cases in February. It is now below 9,000 cases as of Wednesday.
Most of the cases recorded were mild and asymptomatic.
Some 92% of its 5.5 million population have been fully vaccinated while 71% have received a booster jab.
