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1 community case among 12 new COVID-19 infections in Singapore
Pedestrians wearing protective face masks along Orchard Road in Singapore on Sep 4, 2020. (File photo: Marcus Mark Ramos)
27 Apr 2021 03:41PM (Updated:
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SINGAPORE: One community case was among 12 new COVID-19 infections reported in Singapore as of noon on Tuesday (Apr 27).
The remaining 11 cases were imported and placed on stay-home notice upon arrival in Singapore, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in its preliminary daily update.
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Details of the new cases will be released on Tuesday night, said MOH.
Singapore and Hong Kong to launch air travel bubble on 26 May Details Published: 27 April 2021
Travel between Singapore and Hong Kong is set to resume on 26 May 2021, as both countries are due to launch the Singapore-Hong Kong Air Travel Bubble (ATB).
In a press release yesterday, Singapore s Ministry of Transport announced that both countries will closely monitor the COVID-19 situation from now to the targeted launch date of 26 May 2021, and will proceed with the launch if the situation continues to be steady and under control in both cities.
The Singapore-Hong Kong ATB will start cautiously, with one flight a day in each direction, capped at 200 passengers on each flight for the first two weeks, and review the numbers thereafter.
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Singapore and Hong Kong will closely monitor the Covid-19 situation from now to the targeted launch date of May 26.
The Straits Times file, Reuters
SINGAPORE - The much-anticipated air travel bubble to allow quarantine-free travel between Singapore and Hong Kong is set to take off on May 26 - six months after its initial planned launch.
Originally planned to start in November last year, it was deferred by both parties due to the worsening Covid-19 situation in Hong Kong.
Singapore s Ministry of Transport (MOT) said on Monday (April 26) that the travel bubble will have a cautious start. There will be one flight a day in each direction, capped at 200 passengers on each flight for the first two weeks.
The Singapore-Hong Kong Air Travel Bubble (ATB) is set to launch on May 26 barring any deterioration of the Covid-19 pandemic situation in both cities and Singapore is open to more air travel bubbles with other regions, said Minister for Transport Ong Ye Kung today (April 26) during a doorstop interview.
Moving forward, Ong said that there are several natural partners that Singapore is open to having air travel bubbles with.
Ong was pointing to Australia, New Zealand, Brunei, China, and Taiwan. These are the few places and so far that there s no evidence suggesting that travelling in to Singapore from these travellers have led to any community cases.