Singapore Suspends Reciprocal Green Lane Arrangements with Germany, Malaysia, South Korea
02 February 2021
Due to the resurgence of COVID-19 cases worldwide, the Government of Singapore will be suspending the Reciprocal Green Lane arrangements with Germany, Malaysia, and the Republic of Korea. Earlier, Indonesia and Japan were also suspended.
The suspension is announced for a period of three months beginning from Monday, 1 February 2021, 0001hrs.
The Government of Singapore will review the Reciprocal Green Lane arrangements at the end of the suspension period.
Travellers who have already been approved to enter Singapore under these Reciprocal Green Lanes can continue to do so.
The Reciprocal Green Lane (RGL) facilitates short-term essential business and official travel between Singapore and Brunei Darussalam, Mainland China - applies only to travellers from Chongqing, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Tianjin, Zhejiang
The Japanese government announced on January 13 that it has added seven prefectures Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Aichi, Gifu, Tochigi, and Fukuoka as areas subject to the Second Declaration of.
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A man wearing a mask walks a street of Tokyo, Japan, December 2020. Photo by Reuters.
Japan has suspended a program that allowed business visits by people from certain economies, including Vietnam, as it tightened border restrictions over renewed coronavirus fears.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday announced the clampdown on entry by businesspeople from Vietnam, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia.
It means no foreigner would be allowed to enter except for special reasons like attending a relative’s funeral or childbirth, Japanese broadcaster