SINGAPORE and Malaysia have agreed to work together towards the full resumption of air and land travel for fully-vaccinated people, said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung on Wednesday (Mar 23).

Ong, who is in Putrajaya for a working visit, announced this on his Facebook page after meeting with his Malaysian counterpart Khairy Jamaluddin and Director-General of Health Noor Hisham Abdullah.

"We had a fruitful and frank discussion. We agreed that Singapore and Malaysia enjoy excellent and long-standing bilateral relations. Our peoples have many linkages and ties, but they were all disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic," said Ong.

"We also agreed that the Covid-19 situation has stabilised and is improving in both countries, and we should now work towards the full resumption of air and land travel for vaccinated persons," he added, without giving further details.

In a post on Twitter, Khairy said that both sides had a "good discussion" on the pandemic situation in their respective countries. "We agreed the situation has stabilised and we can work immediately towards the full resumption of air and land travel for fully vaccinated persons," he said.

Earlier this month, Malaysia Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob had said that Malaysia would reopen its borders to the world from Apr 1, after over 2 years of restrictions to contain the spread of Covid-19.

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