Singapore has announced it is easing coronavirus lockdown restrictions and will allow quarantine-free travel from a number of nations including the UK.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said it was time to press on with the "strategy of living with Covid-19".
He said so-called vaccinated travel lanes with Germany and Brunei had been successful and would be extended to nine other countries.
Singapore had very tight restrictions in place to tackle the pandemic.
Covid-19-related deaths are very low, but the lockdown has had an impact on the South Asian island's status as a business and aviation hub.
Prime Minister Lee told Singaporeans in a televised address that the Delta variant had shown the coronavirus was not going to go away.
From 13 October, the Singapore government announced, it would allow vaccinated travellers from Canada, Denmark, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, the US and the UK, and, from November, South Korea.
The government also announced that it would allow groups of two vaccinated people to dine in restaurants and shop in malls.
In-class teaching for children under the age of 12 will be allowed to resume although "centres are encouraged to continue conducting lessons online".
[Source: BBC]
