People take a selfie on Fort Siloso skywalk on Sentosa island in Singapore on December 16, 2022. (Photo: AFP) The ministry noted that there has been some publicconcerns about the high level of infections in China and its latestannouncement to relax their border measures on January 8 next year.
As air travel with China is progressively restored, Singaporewill take a cautious approach towards increasing seat capacity, taking intoaccount the overall public health assessment, it said.
Singapore’s Changi airport sees between 700-1,000arrivals from China daily, or about 1%-1.5% of the total by air a day, mostlycomprising of residents or long-term pass holders. About 40 to 80 of thearrivals are detected to be positive with COVID-19 on a weekly basis, it said.
Singapore has been working with international partnersto monitor new variants circulating globally, the ministry said.
Singapore still requires travelers who aren’t fullyvaccinated against COVID-19 to take pre-departure tests, and for short-termvisitors who haven’t completed the regime to have sufficient travelinsurance./.
VNA
