M'sia-Singapore to launch VTL between Changi and KLIA - PM Ismail Sabri and PM Lee Hsien Loong

This was stated in a joint statement by Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob and his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong, issued after both leaders spoke over the phone on Monday.

Under the VTL, fully vaccinated travellers will be able to travel between Malaysia and Singapore, and be subjected to COVID-19 tests in lieu of serving quarantine or Stay-Home Notice (SHN).

Both prime ministers also looked forward to restoring travel across the land links as well in the near future.

They were happy to note the good progress in ongoing detailed discussions on a similar vaccinated travel scheme - to reopen travel across the Causeway and the Second Link - taking into account the public health situations in Johor and Singapore.

In the statement, Ismail Sabri said the VTLs are another important milestone in the longstanding Malaysia-Singapore cooperation.

The VTLs will allow travel as the two countries gradually reopen their borders responsibly by balancing the need to recover their economies while ensuring safety and health of their peoples from COVID-19.

Meanwhile, Lee said; "I look forward to effective implementation of this travel scheme, adding to those we already have developed previously to facilitate movements of people and goods between Malaysia and Singapore".

"I am very happy that both our countries are finally able to restart cross-border travel through the VTLs. This will help revive our economies, restore our people-to-people ties, and strengthen our bilateral relationship," he added.