Singapore and Indonesia should have ‘same level of control’ over COVID-19 cases before travel resumes: Vivian Balakrishnan

JAKARTA: Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan said on Friday that Singapore and Indonesia should ideally have the"same level of control" over COVID-19 transmissions before travel arrangements can begin to resume.

The minister also emphasised the need for testing, vaccination, and the ability to share verifiable and authoritative records, in order to enable cross-border travel. On Friday, Indonesia reported 4,982 new cases. There are almost 1.5 million confirmed cases in Indonesia.Singapore reported 12 new COVID-19 infections on Friday. There are more than 60,000 confirmed cases in the city-state.On Thursday, he met his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi where they discussed the preparations for the upcoming Leaders' Retreat. Both also backed an ASEAN summit on Myanmar.

“It is not a happy topic. It is a tragedy that is unfolding and it is going to take quite some time to resolve. So I must confess to be pessimistic,” he said on Friday.

How they can be in the same level when even in size of population and area, they are like David and Goliath....one to zero

And is true for all other countries as well.

Hmm will they decide to test 10 per day to show 10 case as per international record to meet his demand

Oof shade

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