Indians can travel to Singapore from today. Here are the rules

Indians will be allowed to travel to Singapore from today, and the island-state continues to adjust border measures in response to the global Covid-19 situation.

However, travellers will be subjected to the tightest of border measures, which involve a 10-day, stay-home notice period at a dedicated facility.

Travellers from India will need to

1. Take a COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction test (“COVID-19 PCR test”) within 48 hours before departure at an internationally accredited or recognised lab/clinic/medical facility and obtain a copy of the COVID-19 PCR test report that:
- Is in English (or accompanied with an English translation);
- Contains the following:

• COVID-19 PCR test results and date of test;
• Traveller’s name; and
• Date of Birth or Passport number (per the passport used to travel to Singapore.

2. Serve 10-day Stay-Home Notice (SHN) at an SHN Dedicated Facility
3. Take a COVID-19 PCR test on Day 10 of SHN.

All travellers with a 14-day travel history to Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will be allowed to enter or transit through Singapore from October 26, the health ministry had said last week.

The ministry said in a release that it has reviewed the Covid-19 situation in the six South Asian countries it was previously closed off to.

Addressing a virtual press conference, health minister Ong Ye Kung said the situation in these countries has stabilised for some time.

"There is no longer a need for strict rules that prevent travellers from these countries from landing here," the Straits Times quoted Ong as saying.

As of Wednesday, Singapore has reported a total of 1.73 lakh COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic. The disease has claimed 315 lives so far in the country.

Scheduled international passenger flights to and from India remain suspended since March last year amid the pandemic, with only flights under air bubble arrangements being operating.