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Hong Kong and Singapore announced the temporary cancellation of the Travel Bubble program 24 hours before the start of the program. After a new outbreak in Hong Kong. It is expected to return to non-stop travel authorization in the next 2 weeks.
CNN reported that the Uninhibited Travel Association Program or Air Travel Bubble between the two routes, Singapore and Hong Kong. It was announced that it was canceled less than 24 hours before the project’s scheduled start on November 22, after authorities in Hong Kong reported on November 21 that another COVID-19 outbreak occurred in Hong Kong. With 43 new infections, the highest number in several months. As a result, the start of this project was immediately postponed for 2 weeks.
Hong Kong officials said that of the 43 new cases, 36 of them were domestic and 13 could not determine whether they were infected inside or outside the country.
The Air Travel Bubble program aims to stimulate travel and economies between the two ASEAN nations that are the financial centers of the world. And they are two of the largest in the face of the coronavirus outbreak, the project hopes to allow both Singapore and Hong Kong to resume economic activity. After months of research, travelers entering the country have been under intense scrutiny. From a quarantine of 14 days to the measure of wearing an electronic bracelet to check trips, etc.
The initial process of the Air Travel Bubble program is to allow one flight per day between Singapore and Hong Kong, with a limit of 200 passengers per day, before expanding in the future to two flights per day. They must follow the rules established by both destinations together, for example, do not travel abroad in 14 days before departure. And infection testing according to public health measures, however, does not require travelers to stop or control the route of their travel upon arrival.
Hong Kong currently has at least 5,561 cumulative cases and 108 deaths, while Singapore has a cumulative case count of 58,000 and 28 deaths.
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