Singapore is set to loosen restrictions on activities such as dining out next week as its vaccination rate improves, and more opportunities for travel could open up further down the line. The country plans to have two-thirds of its population of almost 6 million fully vaccinated by National Day on Aug 9. As the campaign gathers pace, the government’s stance has shifted toward learning to live with the virus rather than pursuing a “Covid-Zero” approach of eliminating it altogether.
Hong Kong will assess Singapore’s new Covid-19 strategy as the two sides try to revive a quarantine-free travel corridor that was initially planned to open last November but has never got off the ground.
“We need to understand more about that new strategy and whether it will have any impact on the arrangements that we have devised,” Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said at a briefing when asked about the so-called travel bubble. “The situation is very stable on both sides, so this is something that we will be working very closely on.”
