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Originally Posted by fde83
Singapore will gradually reopen its borders with safeguards in place to allow Singaporeans to conduct essential activities abroad and for foreigners to enter and transit through the country, the Ministry of Health said on Tuesday (May 19).
"We will do so in a careful manner with the necessary precautions and safeguards," the ministry said.
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Before spore open its border to another country, it will first consider the ASEAN countries first before considering the rest of the world.
The following are the few countries (except indonesia & philipine) that spore may consider
lifting travel restriction :
1)
Malaysia - Below are the reasons:
i) Msia is one of the highest recovery rate country in the world
ii) Close border early to prevent spread
iii) Do not allowed inter-state travel. E.g. Johorean not allowed to travel to Melaka
iv) Impose enhance CMO lockdown to those area which is infected badly or extremely high no. of cases
v) Strict enforcement on safe distancing, wear mask and many other precautionary measure.
(Msia deputy health minister got fined for not wearing mask in one occasion)
vi) Set up road block to prevent unauthorised travel and set 10km limit
vii) The health ministry is monitoring very closely on the situation.
viii) Connected to its closest neighbour in geography, economics and ties of kinship..
2)
Thailand, Myanmar, Brunei, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos - low no. of cases
3)
Taiwan, Hongkong and China - low number of cases and good safety measures.
Taiwan - It has learn its lesson from the sars outbreak last time and now they have better knowledge than many other countries how to prevent the spread of the virus.
Hongkong - No doubt it is very densely populated, but hongkongers used to wear masks whenever they go, so the likelyhood to catch the virus is slim.
China - The garmen imposed very strict lockdown and strict enforcement in areas with large no. of cases.
