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The major South East Asia hub of Singapore has joined the growing roster of nations to ease Covid entry restrictions.

With infection rates stabilising, the southeast Asian hub has removed the requirement for vaccinated travellers to take a pre-arrival test, whilst limits on group sizes and safe distancing are also being scrapped, as from tomorrow (3 May).

The relaxation comes as daily infection numbers continue to fall and have stabilised, giving the Government the ability to proceed with further easing of community and travel measures.

“With these changes, we can now have a well-deserved breather, after two very difficult years of fighting the virus,” said Lawrence Wong, Finance Minister and Co-Chair of the Government’s Coronavirus Taskforce.

“But let’s always remember, we are getting closer to the finish line, but the race is not over and the pandemic is certainly not over”.

Travel, tourism and aviation is a major contributor to the Singaporean economy, with the international airport serving as a global hub. Prior to the pandemic forcing its temporary closure Changi Airport was acknowledged as the ‘World’s Leading Airport’ by number of independent agencies.

Neighbouring Malaysia is also opening up along similar lines.

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