SINGAPORE - Last July, Ms Melody Tan was at her breaking point trying to work out how to reunite with her Sweden-based boyfriend of three years.
It had been four months since she last saw Mr Johan Jornbo, 27, a self-employed financial consultant. Sweden was closed to foreigners and Singapore was in phase two, when strict pandemic border controls were still in place.
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