Fully vaccinated short-term visitors will no longer require travel insurance when entering Singapore or Malaysia via the land border from 1 April.
Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry made the announcement following an update by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority. Before the announcement, short-term visitors needed travel insurance with a minimum coverage of SGD30,000 to get into Singapore.
Travellers who are partially or unvaccinated will have to buy travel insurance with a minimum coverage of USD20,000, Malaysia’s health ministry said.
The Malaysian government has also announced plans to remove toll charges at the Causeway and Second Link immigration complexes from 1 April to 7 April on all vehicles.
“This is in line with the approach to ease the cross-border movement with Singapore. This exemption is for Malaysians and other users who top-up or renew their Touch ‘n Go and SmartTAG,” said Prime Minister of Malaysia Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
Malaysia’s Health Ministry took to Twitter to explain these exemptions on Wednesday.
