The Singapore Trade Office In Taipei recently posted on Facebook stating that the European Commission will recognize Singapore and Taiwan’s digital COVID-19 vaccination and test certificates.
It also added that both nations will accept one another’s digital COVID-19 vaccination and test certificates.
Here is what the FB post said:
Following the decisions by the European Commission to recognise Singapore’s and Taiwan’s digital COVID-19 vaccination and test certificates on 24 November 2021 and 21 December 2021 respectively, the authorities in Singapore and Taiwan now recognise and accept each other’s digital COVID-19 vaccination and test certificates. This is a positive step towards the further easing of border measures for travel between Singapore and Taiwan.
繼歐盟委員會分別於 2021 年 11 月 24 日和 2021 年 12 月 21 日承認新加坡和台灣的數位新冠病毒健康證明後，新加坡與台灣的相關單位已承認和接受雙方的數位新冠病毒健康證明 。 這是新加坡與台灣為雙邊旅行進一步放寬邊境措施所邁出的積極一步。
Easing of the border soon?
The trade office said that this is a step towards easing border controls between the two countries.
Straits Times reported that individuals who have a vaccine certificate from Taiwan will be allowed to enter Singapore and move freely.
However, the question on most readers minds is…
Will vaccinated Singaporeans be able to enter Taiwan?
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs(MOFA) and Taiwan Centers for Disease Control, Taiwan’s ban on all foreign nationals entering, or transiting in Taiwan is still active.
Exceptions may be made for emergency or humanitarian reasons. For such cases, travellers must apply for a special entry permit at the Taipei Representative Office in Singapore prior to the trip to Taiwan.
Short-term travellers who are allowed to enter Taiwan are required to serve a 14-day quarantine in a hotel.
Currently, passengers arriving in Singapore from Taiwan will simply need to take a PCR test and test negative at the airport in order to enter the city-state, according to the MOFA, adding that they will not be put to quarantine if specific regulations are followed.