Singapore to Return Close to Pre-Pandemic Normal With ‘Yellow’ Alert, Further Easing of Restrictions

Pre-departure tests for fully-vaccinated travellers and group size limits to be scrapped

A view of the Merlion sculpture in Singapore. Courtesy of Unsplash, Jisun Han.

Singapore authorities announced that the nation’s pandemic alert status will be lowered from “orange” to “yellow,” with further easing of community and border measures due to improving numbers for daily infections and hospitalizations.

In a press conference on April 22, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung announced that the nation’s Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (DORSCON) level would be lowered to yellow in view of the country’s improving COVID-19 situation.