Protocols eased

• Quarantine for close contacts of cases, inbound travelers to be reduced by two days

• Only one PCR test for inbound travelers needed within 48 hours of departure, down from two

• Circuit breaker for inbound flights to be canceled

• Incoming business travelers and sports competition groups to be transferred to quarantine-free, closed-loop bubble

• Secondary close contacts will no longer be traced

• Categories of COVID-19 risk areas to be adjusted to high and low, from tertiary standards of high, medium and low

• Mass testing to only be rolled out when infection cluster trajectory unclear

• Booster vaccinations, especially among elderly, should be accelerated

• Inventories of COVID-19 drugs and medical materials will be strengthened; hospital and intensive care unit beds increased