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SINGAPORE will again open its doors to Brunei and New Zealand tourists starting September 8, 2020, the first time since the country has banned entry of visitors since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“This is a small precautionary step to start reopening flights and reviving Changi Airport and Singapore Airlines,” Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung told reporters as quoted by Kyodo.
Ong Ye Kung explained that as a small open economy, to survive, we have to keep our borders open. To earn income, we have to connect with the world, and in order to thrive and prosper, we have to be the hub of aviation. Brunei and New Zealand are said to have “controlled the pandemic situation very well, with two countries having an incidence rate of under 0.1 infections per 100,000 population.
“Travelers who have been in these two countries in the last 14 days before arriving in Singapore will only be required to take a COVID-19 test upon arrival, but do not need to isolate themselves for a few days like other tourists who come from other places,” he said.
Meanwhile Ivan Tan, a spokesman for the Changi Airport Group, welcomed the announcement of the re-opening of tourists from New Zealand and Brunei, saying this is indeed good news for Changi Airport, and it is an exciting start to what we hope will be a gradual increase in travel flights. to and from Singapore.
There are 56,000 cases of COVID-19 in Singapore, but most of them occurred in isolated migrant worker dormitories, and only 27 deaths related to the coronavirus. [antaranews/photo special]
