Heads up for those who have plans to travel to Denmark – those travelling in from Singapore will now have to serve a 10-day self-isolation period after arrival in the country. This comes after the Council of the European Union reclassified Singapore as a country at high risk of Covid-19 infections.
Previously, vaccinated travellers enjoyed quarantine-free travel between Singapore and Denmark under the two-way Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL). Now, the self-isolation period can last up to 10 days, although it can be shortened should a traveller have a negative result from a Covid-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test that can be taken from the fourth day after entry to Denmark.
Exemptions from the test and isolation include vaccinated Danish citizens, children below 16 years of age, business and official travel and travellers with a valid EUDCC or Danish Coronopas, according to a Facebook post by the Embassy of Denmark in Singapore.
Singapore currently has VTLs with other countries in Europe, including Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland and Britain. But experts expect that this move by Denmark to impose restrictions on Singapore travellers will have a domino effect on other EU states. We'll just have to wait and hope for the best.
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