Ong Ye Kung: Difficult time to talk about reopening borders, with countries facing threat of new variants of Covid-19 virus
May 03, 2021 Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung acknowledged it is a difficult time to talk about reopening borders. The Straits Times SINGAPORE - Some safe opening of air travel in 2021 is possible if governments open up cautiously with regions that have a low number of domestic Covid-19 cases, said Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung. At the same time, measures should be tightened for places with high infection rates, he added in a speech on Monday (May 3) at a virtual dialogue on reopening borders by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Business Advisory Council. Making the point that "vacc...