SINGAPORE (Reuters) : Singapore will do away with requirements to decorate masks indoors starting Aug. 29, because the country sees the COVID-19 situation stabilise further, the health minister said on Wed.
For the first time in more than two years, people within the Southeast Asian city-state will no longer be required to use masks indoors other than on public transport and in high-risk configurations like healthcare amenities.
The health ministry also updated rules for non-vaccinated travellers, dropping the 7-day quarantine necessity starting next week.
Singapore, which is a major Asian economic and travel centre, lifted most pandemic curbs, including take a trip restrictions, earlier this year.
About 70% of the city-state’s 5. 5 million inhabitants has already contracted COVID-19, Ong Ye Kung, the health minister stated in a news meeting, adding that the re-infection rate is so considerably “very low”.
Singapore has vaccinated more than 90% of its population and has among the lowest COVID-19 mortality rates on earth.
(Reporting by Chen Lin; Editing simply by Kanupriya Kapoor)