Covid-19: Travellers from Malaysia via sea, land exempted from new Singapore border restrictions

SINGAPORE (ANN): Those travelling into Singapore from Malaysia via sea or land will be exempted from the new border restrictions on Asean countries, due to the close proximity and high inter-dependency between the two neighbours.

But separate arrangements for precautions are being worked out by a bilateral joint working group, Minister for National Development Lawrence Wong said on Sunday .

But Wong, who co-chairs the multi-ministry task force tackling the Covid-19 outbreak, said such restrictions on those coming in from Malaysia would be complex. "We do have to put in place some special considerations for Malaysia because of the close proximity and the high inter-dependency between our two countries," said Wong.

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