Singapore will drop the rule on the requirement to wear masks inside from August 29, as the country's COVID-19 situation improves, the health minister announced on Wednesday.
People in the Southeast Asian city-state will no longer be mandated to wear masks indoors, except on public transportation and in high-risk areas such as health care institutions, for the first time in more than two years.
The health ministry recently changed the guidelines for non-vaccinated passengers, removing the necessity for a seven-day quarantine beginning next week.
Singapore, a key Asian financial and tourism center, relaxed most pandemic restrictions, including travel bans, earlier this year.
The city-5.5 state's million people have already caught COVID-19, according to Ong Ye Kung, the health minister, who added that the re-infection rate is "extremely low" thus far.
Singapore has inoculated more than 90% of its people and has one of the world's lowest COVID-19 death rates.
People in the Southeast Asian city-state will no longer be mandated to wear masks indoors, except on public transportation and in high-risk areas such as health care institutions, for the first time in more than two years.
The health ministry recently changed the guidelines for non-vaccinated passengers, removing the necessity for a seven-day quarantine beginning next week.
Singapore, a key Asian financial and tourism center, relaxed most pandemic restrictions, including travel bans, earlier this year.
The city-5.5 state's million people have already caught COVID-19, according to Ong Ye Kung, the health minister, who added that the re-infection rate is "extremely low" thus far.
Singapore has inoculated more than 90% of its people and has one of the world's lowest COVID-19 death rates.
