Other destinations currently at Level 4 include Brunei, Malaysia, Thailand and the United Kingdom.
The CDC advisory comes as Singapore began welcoming more fully vaccinated travellers on Tuesday, after extending its vaccinated travel lane scheme to eight more countries.
Fully vaccinated travellers from Canada, Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States will be able to enter Singapore without having to serve quarantine.
More than 2,400 people from these countries have been issued travel passes to enter Singapore as of Oct 13, with about 40 per cent of the passes issued to travellers from the United Kingdom.
Singapore launched its first two vaccinated travel lanes with Brunei and Germany last month. Its travel lane with South Korea will open in Nov 15.
South Korea is among countries with a “high level of COVID-19” currently at Level 3. Others in the same category include Australia, Indonesia, Japan, and Vietnam.
The travel advisory for India is at Level 2, indicating a “moderate level” of COVID-19. Unvaccinated individuals at risk of severe illness are advised to avoid non-essential travel to these places.
Among the Level 1 destinations identified by the CDC are China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and New Zealand. of these countries, Brunei, UK were classified as Level 4 countries, ie high risk. US is likely to be Level 3/4, South Korea is Level 3.
The above is quoted from CNA. To open up and welcome foreigners into this tightly packed city state is a risk that would eventually fall upon the population. So we would believe that very serious thoughts must be considered to grant certain countries this privilege. What would be the criteria? Infection rate, Level of risk, level of vaccination or business and political consideration?
The first two countries granted VTL status were Brunei and Gemany. South Korea is the third. Subsequently 8 more were added, ie Canada, Denmark, France, Italy, Netherland, Spain, the US and UK.
What is strange is that countries in Level 1, very safe, like China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and New Zealand are not in the VTL. Also, India is also in Level 2, safer than Level 3/4, is also not in the VTL list.
Question, the VTL is granted because it is safer or because of other reasons? From the approved list it is clearly confusing and unconvincing that it was done objectively and based on scientific evidence.
What do you think?
Why are we letting in high risk visitors from Level 3 and Level 4 countries?
Logic of imbeciles?
PS. Did the MTF think people from high risk countries, or countries not in the approved VTL list could just go to these VTL countries, spend a fortnight there and fly straight to this silly little island to spread their virus? Possible?