Asean reported over 22,000 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday
The number of Covid-19 cases crossed 14.81 million across Southeast Asia, with 22,897 new cases reported on Wednesday (December 29). New deaths are at 340, bringing accumulated Covid-19 deaths in Asean to 303,749.
Vietnam welcomed some 157,300 international arrivals in 2021, plunging 95.9 percent on year, mainly due to impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, the country's General Statistics Office said Wednesday. Foreign visitors entering the country by air accounted for 70.6 percent of the total, followed by road with 29 percent and sea routes with 0.4 percent. Most of the arrivals were from Asia (84.5 percent).
Meanwhile, Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority announced that local and foreign travellers entering Singapore are each allowed to bring with them a maximum of 20 Covid-19 self-test kits that have not been authorised for use here as long as they are approved for use in the country the traveller is arriving from.
The maximum quota of 20 self-test kits that can be brought in is based on the expectation that incoming travellers may need to test themselves daily for 14 days, with some allowance for retesting.
