Unvaccinated workers will also be allowed to participate in these eight-hour visits, with the lifting in most settings of safe management measures that differentiate between vaccinated and unvaccinated people.

However, workers still need to apply for exit passes and indicate where they would like to go before they leave their dorms, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in a statement on Friday.

This is to manage overcrowding at popular locations, MOH added.

Asked why migrant workers still need to apply for the exit permits when pandemic restrictions have largely been eased for the rest of the population, and whether the authorities had a timeline for lifting restrictions on dormitories after more than two years of movement controls, Finance Minister Lawrence Wong said communal living in worker dormitories presents a greater risk.

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