Singapore Eyes Mid-July Easing, Leisure Travel By Year-End
- Health minister tells Straits Times rules will ease in stages
- Dining curbs may be relaxed July 12 as vaccines rolled out
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Singapore is slated to announce a further easing of Covid-19 restrictions in mid-July as part of a strategy for reopening the economy that may also include the long-awaited return of leisure travel by the end of the year, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung told the Straits Times.
With virus clusters in the community coming under control, Ong told the newspaper that the government was looking at raising the number of people allowed to dine together in restaurants from two come July 12, while exploring “other openings” as well.