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Published June 7, 2021 11:16am Overseas Filipino workers headed to Singapore are not required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before they are allowed entry, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. According to Labor Attaché in Singapore Saul De Vries, the Singaporean government is currently implementing strict quarantine protocols but vaccination is not included. It is not a condition for OFWs to be inoculated before departing for their jobs. However, the Singapore government require them to undergo a 21-day institutional quarantine and take RT-PCR test thrice, he said in a statement over the weekend. Singapore has also temporarily suspended the entry approval applications of foreign workers from high-risk countries.
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This was relayed to the public by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Sunday, June 6, after it received such assurance from Labor Attaché in Singapore Saul De Vries.
De Vries said that while the government of Singapore is implementing strict quarantine protocols due to the local recurrence of COVID-19 cases, vaccination is not part of the arrival protocols in the city-state.
“It is not a condition for OFWs to be inoculated before departing for their jobs. However, the Singapore government requires them to undergo a 21-day institutional quarantine and take RT-PCR (reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction) test thrice,” De Vries said.
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