Singapore will lift its remaining Covid-19 restrictions like requiring masks on public transport from Monday, when the country adjusts its disease outbreak response to the lowest level. The lowering of the Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (Dorscon) from yellow to...
Mr Ong said Singapore’s high vaccination coverage was a key reason why it could progressively restore normal living while keeping deaths caused by Covid-19 at one of the lowest levels in the world, and arrive at Dorscon Green.
“But today, those risks are substantially past. We cannot rule out the future possibility of dangerous variants-of-concern from emerging, but the uncertainties and risks we face now are significantly lower compared to one or two months ago,” he said.. All non-fully vaccinated travellers entering Singapore will no longer have to show proof of a negative pre-departure test, while non-fully vaccinated short-term visitors will also no longer be required to purchase Covid-19 travel insurance.
Given the stable pandemic situation, MOH said it will step down its contact tracing systems, which compriseMOH has also deleted all identifiable TraceTogether and SafeEntry data from its servers and databases, it said. If the situation worsens significantly, an appropriate multi-agency crisis management structure will be reactivated, the ministry said.
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