Singapore is significantly scaling back its vaccinated travel lane program to curb the spread of Covid and especially the highly infectious Omicron strain.
It will halt all new ticket sales for vaccinated travel lane (VTL) flights and buses across the causeway to Malaysia.
Citing a ‘rapid spread’ of Omicron cases globally, new ticket sales are frozen until 20 January, 2022.
Passengers with existing VTL flights or bus tickets will still be able to travel.
"We are picking up more Omicron cases because of the rapid spread of the variant," Singapore’s Ministry of Health said.
"With aggressive contact tracing and ringfencing measures, we have, for now, been able to limit onward community transmission. But it is a matter of time before the Omicron variant spreads in our community."
After 20 January, ticket volumes available for sale will be reduced while it monitors the situation, the MOH said.
