Senior minister says Wisma Putra and its Singapore counterpart are finalising arrangements to allow Malaysians to commute to the island republic. FMTNews RMCO
About 300,000 Malaysians worked in Singapore before the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, mostly travelling by land daily.
Presently, Malaysians with work permits are allowed to work in Singapore, with health screening and accommodation arranged for them. However, they will have to undergo 14 days’s quarantine if they return. Ismail said Wisma Putra has agreed to offer Yayasan Sultan Ibrahim, while two Singapore-based private companies, the Temasek Group and Thompson Medical Group, have agreed to offer two labs to carry out mobile testing and swab tests.
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