Singapore government on Saturday said that it will resume travel for India and certain other countries, including Pakistan and Bangladesh, from October 26. 

“All travellers with a 14-day travel history to Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka prior to departure to Singapore will be allowed to enter and transit through Singapore from 11.59 pm on Oct 26,” Singapore’s Strait Times quoted its health ministry. 

Last week, the country welcomed the first travellers under an expanded quarantine-free programme, marking a big step towards the aviation hub restoring its international links, despite a sharp rise in its Covid-19 cases.

Singapore had allowed fully vaccinated travellers from 15 more countries to enter without having to quarantine in dedicated facilities. They include Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates.

Singapore Airlines flights from Amsterdam and London arrived on Wednesday under the so-called vaccinated travel lanes (VTL).

Singapore also allowed entry to more domestic workers on condition that they are fully vaccinated before arrival to meet urgent needs of local households. 

Singapore has also announced several new measures taken by the multi-ministry task force on Covid-19.

The announcements came after the task force said on Wednesday that the tighter curbs currently in place – including restricting group sizes for dining in to two people – will be extended for a month till November 21, 2021, the Straits Times reported. Among these, from Jan 1, 2022, only employees who are fully vaccinated, or have recovered from Covid-19 within the past 270 days, can return to the workplace.