According to Singapore media reports, Singapore and Thailand officially communicate with each other's border from today. Thai people can enter Singapore under the VTL plan for vaccinated people's tourism channel VTL.
It is reported that the Civil Aviation Administration of Singapore issued a total of 610 passes in the first two days of opening the application. Among them, 387 VTL passes were issued to visitors from another five countries, namely: Cambodia, Fiji, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Türkiye. There are 302 short-term travelers.
Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Thailand
Visitors from these five countries will enter Singapore through VTL program starting from the 16th without quarantine .
The government previously announced that Singapore will launch VTL plans to the above six countries starting this month. So far, Singapore has launched VTL plans with 24 countries.
Vaccination status in Thailand
Data statistics, Thailand has more than 43 million people, or 60% of people have received two doses of the coronavirus vaccine, of which 4.1 million have been vaccinated with the additive .
Thai health officials pointed out that Thailand will shorten the interval between the second dose of the coronavirus vaccine and the additives to three months, trying to strengthen people's protection against the virus before Omickron spreads locally.
As Omickron becomes more common, a third dose of the additive will help reduce the severity of the symptoms and reduce mortality.
Entry Test in Singapore
In order to control the spread of the coronavirus variant Omickron, the public who have arrived in Singapore through the Vaccinator Tourism Corridor (VTL for short). must submit the results of self-expected rapid antigen testing (ART) every day during the seven days of arrival. On the third and seventh days, they must also go to the testing center to complete self-testing under the supervision of a dedicated person.
Arrivals can go to the express testing center and other locations for the third day of testing, and can make an appointment online. However, the test must be completed on the third day before the seventh day can be made.
Singapore Health Promotion Bureau issued a statement stating that in order to make the testing process more convenient, Singapore will make arrangements and allow arrivals to make appointments for the seventh day of testing in the future.
1, the testing center will gradually increase
In addition, Singapore has opened the option of prepayment of testing fees. arriving in the country can prepay S$15 for testing fees online. Payment methods include credit cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay and other . Testing centers will also gradually increase, and 12 clinics in Singapore have begun to provide testing for VTL passengers.
In this regard, the Singapore Health Promotion Bureau reminds the public to go to the testing center according to the appointment time to avoid crowds in the center and shorten the waiting time.
Whether entering the country by air or land VTL, the testing requirements before departure and after arrival will remain unchanged. The passenger must complete the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or ART test within two days before departure. Air VTL passengers must undergo PCR testing when arriving in the country, while land VTL passengers must undergo ART testing.
Entry Test for Singapore and South Korea
In order to promote border exchanges between Singapore and South Korea, the governments of Singapore and South Korea announced that travelers traveling between Singapore and South Korea can apply for a "travel medical pass" provided by Raffles Hospital and South Korea Mingzhi Hospital from now on.
In addition to booking for COVID-19 tests before leaving and after arrival, if you need emergency medical services when traveling, you can go to the medical facilities operated by the two hospitals to receive priority medical services.
Raffles Medical Group issued a statement saying that Raffles Hospital and South Korea's Myongji Hospital have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to provide "travel medical passes" for passengers traveling between Singapore and South Korea.
For passengers flying from Singapore to South Korea, if they want to apply for this "travel medical pass", they can use Raffles Medical Group's application Raffles Connect to book a COVID-19 test before leaving the country.The
test result will be sent to the passenger's Raffles Connect mobile application. They can present this test result to the immigration and checkpoint staff when they leave the country.
In addition, passengers can also book the COVID-19 tests required after arriving at Incheon International Airport in South Korea through the application.
After passengers holding this "travel medical pass" arrive at Incheon International Airport, they can go to the testing center set up by Mingzhi Hospital in the airport's first passenger building to receive the test after arrival.
After the above-mentioned passengers return to Singapore, they will be able to undergo the coronavirus test stipulated by the authorities at the designated Raffles Medical Clinic.
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