Singapore to ease travel restrictions for S. Korea, US

Singapore announced plans on Friday to expand its quarantine-free travel program further

Singapore announced plans on Friday to expand its quarantine-free travel program further, now including vaccinated individuals from South Korea and the United States, Qazet.az reports citing Teletrader.

The city-state and a popular tourist destination will allow fully vaccinated travelers to travel between its Changi Airport and South Korea's Incheon airport with proof of a negative COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test without an obligatory quarantine. According to a statement by Singapore's transport ministry, the addition of South Korea to the Vaccinated Travel Lanes (VTL) program will go into effect starting from November 15, with plans to include the US "before the end of the year."