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Putrajaya to look at potential countries for VTL

VTL, a  scheme to allow fully vaccinated travellers from one country to enter into another without quarantine but subjected to Covid-19 testing.

01 Mar 2022 07:04pm
Malaysia has so far implemented VTL with Singapore, Thailand and Singapore
Malaysia has so far implemented VTL with Singapore, Thailand and Singapore
KUALA LUMPUR - The Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Transport are looking at potential foreign countries to be included in the list of Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) from time to time.

Senior Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said so far the VTL, a scheme to allow fully vaccinated travellers from one country to enter into another without quarantine, but subjected to Covid-19 testing, had been implemented between Malaysia and Singapore.

Hishamuddin added VTL between Thailand and Brunei was announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

"The Foreign Ministry has been tasked with the list of countries that we are exploring for VTL. There are countries that we are looking (for the VTL scheme),. However, I am not in the position to announce it yet," he said at a virtual press conference after the COVID-19 Quartet Ministerial Meeting today.

Last Feb 26, Ismail Sabri was reported as saying that said the government planned to implement the VTL with Thailand to revive the country’s tourism industry and that Singapore, Indonesia and Brunei had also in principle agreed to the proposed implementation of the VTL. - Bernama
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