Singapore considers resuming essential travel

This comes as the country works on re-opening its borders.

Singapore will consider allowing essential travel in and out of the country to resume as the circuit breaker period ends on 1 June, according to National Development Minister Lawrence Wong.

Singapore is continuing conversations and working on re-opening borders whilst having safe Green Lane travel arrangements with specific countries, according to Wong. Only essential travel subject to safeguards and arrangements will be allowed to resume, depending on the countries with which Singapore has established Green Lanes.

Travellers coming to Singapore might be required to download the TraceTogether app or wear a dongle that performs a similar function for easier contact tracing.

A 14-day quarantine will not be needed upon arrival in Singapore should there be testing arrangements for travellers before departure. However, a person may need to undergo serology tests should they have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past.

"We may subject that person to another PCR test because, remember, as we've highlighted before and explained before, one test alone might not be able to pick up the virus, especially when it's in the incubation period," said Wong.

Wong added that these protocols are not yet confirmed, and are just potential solutions.

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