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Singapore Ramps Up Border Testing to Counter Omicron Threat

Singapore is stepping up Covid testing at its border to stave off the new omicron variant that has b

Singapore Ramps Up Border Testing to Counter Omicron Threat

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Any further relaxation on social-distancing measures will also be halted, they said, just as rules were recently eased to allow five people to gather.\n“While we have not detected this new variant among local cases yet, it is only a matter of time before it will arrive in Singapore,” Trade Minister Gan Kim Yong, who co-chairs a virus taskforce, said. “As more data becomes available in the coming weeks, we must be prepared to further adjust our measures if necessary to ensure that the situation remains under control before we continue on our reopening journey.”\nHere are details of the measures Singapore will undertake:\n\nFrom Dec. 3, all air travelers entering or transiting through Singapore must take a Polymerase Chain Reaction, or PCR, test on arrival\nPeople entering via air vaccinated travel lanes will have to take additional supervised rapid Covid tests on day three and seven after arrival at test centers\nEnhanced testing measures for inbound travelers will last initially for a month\nAirport and border frontline workers in contact with travelers from regions affected by the omicron variant will have to take weekly PCR tests\nTravelers from seven African states who entered Singapore between Nov. 12-27 will have to take one-time PCR tests\nConfirmed or suspected omicron infected patients will be required to quarantine for 10 days in government facilities\n\nThe measures come at a time when nations around the world are at odds over how to best protect themselves against a variant for which there is little information and that has now been found in locations from the U.K. to Spain, Canada and Australia.\nTravel\nFor Singapore, a small city-state that’s maintained tough restrictions since early in the pandemic, omicron has raised fears among the population that the government may have to reconsider its approach to border reopenings at a time when general travel is just getting going.\nCountries including Japan and Israel have already moved to restrict the entry of foreigners due to the variant. 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