Omicron puts a halt to VTL expansion, social measures easing
Stricter testing requirements for air travellers entering or transiting through Singapore from Dec 2 for initial 4 weeks
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SINGAPORE is tightening border controls and returning to stricter protocols for confirmed and suspected Omicron-variant cases, policymakers announced on Tuesday (Nov 30).
Besides stricter testing requirements for air travellers, the Republic is freezing all new vaccinated travel lanes (VTLs) and halting the relaxation of domestic social measures, in the face of the new, highly mutated strain of the Covid-19 virus.
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