China Overseas Chinese Network, October 25. According to Singapore’s Lianhe Zaobao, in order to continue to ensure the safety of employees, starting from January 2022, in Singapore, only those who have completed the new crown vaccination, those who have recovered from the new crown, and those who cannot be vaccinated for health reasons In order to return to the workplace.
Employees who have not yet completed the vaccination can only return to the workplace if they test negative for the new crown.
Testing must be performed by a testing service provider approved by the Ministry of Health of Singapore, and the costs are borne by the employees themselves.
The validity period of this type of test is 24 hours.
On October 23, local time, Singapore’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Yan Jinyong, who co-led the anti-epidemic cross-departmental working group, pointed out at a press conference that working from home is still the established model, but the authorities realized that some employees sometimes need to return to the workplace.
He also revealed that 96% of the local labor force has been vaccinated against the new crown, but there are still about 113,000 employees who have not been vaccinated, and more than 10% of them are elderly.
He said: "We want to seek help from employers to encourage their unvaccinated employees to get vaccinated as soon as possible." (Chen Keyang)