SINGAPORE- People attending Mandopop star JJ Lin’s charity concert later this month will not need to be seated one metre apart, as part of a new protocol that will relax some safe management measures at selected events.
Other measures that will be eased as part of the Government’s plan to live with Covid-19 include doing away with zones or increasing zone capacity for event participants.
The new protocol, known as the vaccination-differentiated safe management measures (VDS) + Test, was announced by the authorities on Monday (Nov 15), as part of a plan to trial greater allowances at activities for those who are fully vaccinated.
However, these events will also be subject to additional requirements of Covid-19 testing before participation.
For example, participants must have their test result reflected on their TraceTogether app, or performed or supervised by the event organiser and the venue operator.
The VDS + Test protocol will start off with selected meetings,…