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HK travellers to S'pore will have to take on-arrival test
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IANS | 21 Nov, 2020
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) announced on Saturday
that all travellers arriving from Hong Kong as part of the Air Travel
Bubble (ATB) will be required to take an on-arrival Covid-19 PCR test at
the Changi Airport here.
The new requirement came as new
Covid-19 cases in Hong Kong have been rising over the past few days,
reports Xinhua news agency.
The CAAS said the health authorities
of both sides are in close contact and monitoring the situation, and
the ATB arrangement will be launched as scheduled on Sunday.
According
to the previous rules, travellers under the ATB from Hong Kong will
only be required to take a pre-departure Covid-19 PCR test and obtain a
negative test result before departing for Singapore.
The CAAS
also said that the newly-added on-arrival PCR test will cost S$196 per
travelLer, but Singapore will exempt passengers arriving in the first
week from paying for the test, so as to give them time to adjust to this
change.
The authority added that after the test, travellers must
self-isolate in their place of residence, while waiting for the
results, which will take about six to eight hours.
They are to take private transportation, taxi, or private hire car from the airport to their declared place of accommodation.
As of Saturday, Hong Kong has reported a total of 5,518 coronavirus cases and 108 deaths.
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