Singapore to allow quarantine-free entries from Hong Kong and Macau

The government in Singapore has announced that people coming from Hong Kong and Macau will not be required to undergo a 14-day quarantine.

Singapore.- Authorities in Singapore have announced an easing of certain Covid-19 restrictions for visitors.

Under the new measures, visitors will be divided into four categories based on their travel history in the previous 21 days.

Category 1 will include people coming from Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, New Zealand and China. They will only be required to have a Covid-19 test and will not need to undergo a 14-day quarantine.

In the case of Hong Kong, the measure won’t be the same for visitors from Singapore who want to go there as the country has given up a potential travel bubble with Singapore and decided to extend quarantine measures until March 2022.

Category 2 will include visitors from Australia, Canada, Germany and from Jiansu province in China. They will have to undergo a 7-day quarantine.

Category 3 is for people coming from Japan and South Korea. Travellers will be required to comply with a 14-day quarantine.

As for Category 4, visitors will have to undergo a 14-day quarantine at places designed by health authorities and will have to undergo a testing regime.

Authorities will start testing a quarantine-free travel corridor with Germany and Brunei for fully vaccinated travellers from September.

Casinos in Singapore to boost guest capacity at non-gaming facilities

Resorts World Sentosa and Marina Bay Sands have been allowed to increase the guest capacity from 25 per cent to 50 per cent of pre-pandemic levels at non-gaming attractions.

Marina Bay Sands recently detected new Covid-19 cases associated with a cluster of infections at the casino venue. However, it has reopened its doors after a two-week closure.

The casino operator said it had adhered to the highest safety, hygiene, and testing standards, often going beyond regulatory guidelines.