PUTRAJAYA – Malaysia and Singapore are gearing up to work immediately towards resuming full air and land travel for fully vaccinated people as the Covid-19 situation has stabilised, said Malaysia’s Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.
Khairy said he and his Singapore counterpart Ong Ye Kung had a good discussion on the pandemic situation in both countries during their meeting at his office here today.
“We agreed the situation has stabilised & we can work immediately towards the full resumption of air and land travel for fully vaccinated persons,” he said in a tweet.
“Malaysia and Singapore reconnecting and #ReopeningSafely,” he said in another tweet.
Ong is on a three-day working visit to Malaysia beginning today.
Malaysia currently has an air and land Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) arrangement with Singapore, a framework to facilitate two-way travel by individuals who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
Under the VTL, fully vaccinated travellers from one country may enter the other country without quarantine, subject to Covid-19 testing and further requirements determined by the receiving country.
On March 8, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced that Malaysia will reopen its borders on April 1 as it seeks to revitalise its economy, especially the tourism industry which was hard-hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. – Bernama, March 23, 2022
