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Kyodo News
Kyodo News
Singapore said Thursday it will scrap its outdoor mask mandate and reopen its border to fully vaccinated visitors from all countries as COVID-19 infections subside in the city-state. The outdoor mask rule, imposed about two years ago to curb the spread of the coronavirus, will be repealed next Tuesday though it will still be mandatory to wear a mask indoors. The quarantine-free entry for those visitors will take effect on Thursday. “We believe that we are now ready to take a decisive step forward towards living with COVID-19,” Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a televised address. Other e…