Hong Kong and Singapore in talks over postponed travel bubble

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Both cities are mulling extra safeguard measures for such an arrangement, adding that it’s still too early to say when it would begin.

SINGAPORE, Feb 21 : Singapore said it’s in"close discussions” with Hong Kong over a postponed travel bubble.

The Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble, originally slated to begin in November last year, was postponed after a surge of new coronavirus infections in Hong Kong.on Saturday also report that both cities had earlier agreed that the travel bubble would be suspended if the seven-day average of unlinked cases in either city exceeded five.It shot up to 16 by the end of November and continued to remain above the stated threshold.

"As an added precaution, they should ask the individual to be vaccinated. The incentive then should be no Covid-19 polymerase chain reaction testing will be done," Dr Leong added.Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung said last month that he would rather not set a target on when the air travel bubble can begin.

 

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