Singapore will simplify the testing regime for both air and land Vaccinated Travel Lane from Jan 24, 2022, with no more supervised Antigen Rapid Test (ART) on Days 3 and 7 from the date of arrival.
The republic’s Multi-Ministry Taskforce on COVID-19 also noted that travellers need not submit their ART results but have to test negative before going out. In other words, travelers will undergo unsupervised self-administered ART from Days 2 to 7 of their arrival if they need to leave their place of residence or accommodation,” said MTF’s co-chair Gan Kim Yong.
MTF also announced that travelers arriving, who were fully vaccinated and recovered recently from COVID-19 – within 90 days – will be exempted from all testing and SHN requirements provided they were able to show appropriate documentary proof. On Dec 31, 2021, Singapore had announced a four-week extension to the enhanced 7-day testing regime for travelers arriving via VTLs in order to facilitate the detection of imported Omicron cases and slow transmission into the community.
Singapore noticed imported cases now form a shrinking proportion of its overall cases, thus the earlier measures were deemed less relevant. For now it will continue to maintain a 50 percent limit on VTL flight and bus tickets for entry into Singapore.