Singapore to remove all tests for vaccinated visitors soon
published : 20 Apr 2022 at 09:19
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Bloomberg News
Singapore targets to remove all Covid-19 tests for fully-vaccinated visitors “very soon,” possibly in the next few weeks, Keith Tan, chief executive of the nation’s tourism board, said in a forum in Manila Tuesday.
The city-state has already dropped most restrictions for inoculated travellers, and people can now arrive at Changi airport without having to quarantine or test on arrival. Visitors still have to do a test before entering the country.
Singapore would join a growing list of countries including the UK, Ireland, Norway and Jordan that have scrapped tests for arriving travellers.
According to travel-booking site Kayak.com, more than 30 countries worldwide currently have no Covid-19 restrictions for most visitors. Some 158 have some requirements in place, while 36 nations are effectively closed, the site says.
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Vocabulary
- effectively: in reality - ตามความเป็นจริง
- inoculate: to treat a person or animal with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease -
- quarantine (verb): to keep a person or animal that might have a disease separate from other people or animals so that they do not catch the disease - กักบริเวณ จำกัดบริเวณ
- requirements (noun): things that you must have or do in order to do or get something else - ข้อกำหนด, ข้อบังคับ
- restriction: a rule, action or situation that limits or controls someone or something - การจำกัด, การควบคุม
- scrapped: decided not to continue with something, such as a plan or event - ยุติแผนที่วางไว้
