South Korea Will Lift The Covid-19 Quarantine In Late May
According to Yonhap News Agency, the South Korean public health agency said on Friday that the quarantine will be fully lifted for COVID-19 patients by the end of May. The Korean Disease Control and Prevention Agency also plans to lower COVID-19 to its second-highest level out of four, enabling clinics and hospitals to treat patients […]
Record High Covid-19 BA.1 Omicron rates in England still rising in over-55s: Imperial College London Study
An Imperial College London survey showed that the Omicron subvariant BA.2 now dominates the Covid-19 infection prevalence in England, with cases continuing to rise in the over-55s at the end of March. Boris Johnson, the premier of England, has lifted all Covid-19 restrictions after a wave of Omicron infections last year saw record numbers, but […]
Thailand Travel Rules – Tourist Entry Rules To Be Relaxed In Thailand To Support Economic Recovery
Thai authorities plan to scrap a requirement that pre-arrival vaccinated tourists present a Covid-free certificate to aid the economic recovery from the pandemic and the fallout from the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. A proposal from the Health Ministry to waive RT-PCR test requirements before traveling to Thailand will be discussed by the nation’s main […]
Travel Restrictions in Shanghai Due To Doubling Of Covid-19 Cases in China
On Sunday (March 13), Shanghai ordered its residents to avoid all but essential travel inside or outside the city and halted long-distance bus service as the coronavirus outbreak spread across the metropolis and across a large portion of mainland China. In China, there are still fewer Covid-19 cases than in most other countries, but the […]
South Korea Approves Covid-19 Pfizer Vaccine For Children Aged 5-11 As Cases Hit New Record
Despite a major spike in Coronavirus infections, South Korea’s prime minister called on people not to panic on Wednesday as daily new cases topped 170,000 for the first time. The number of serious cases and deaths due to the highly infectious Omicron variant is at manageable levels, Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum said during a pandemic […]
Covid Restrictions In England : PM Boris Johnson Ending Isolation Laws And Mass Free Testing
In England, all Covid restrictions will end on Thursday, and free mass testing will cease on April 1. Prime Minister Boris Johnson told MPs that the legal duty to isolate those who tested positive would be dropped as part of the “living with Covid” plan. Boris Johnson said free testing would be offered from 1 […]
Norway Lifts All Travel Restrictions Imposed Due To Covid-19
Norway now has open borders as it did before the pandemic began, and a lot of restrictions within the country have been removed due to pandemic-related restrictions. With immediate effect, the Norwegian prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre has cancelled the requirement for vaccination certificates or testing when entering his country. The previous requirement for filling […]
Omicron BA.2 Sub-Variant Is Dominant In South Africa
According to Africa’s top public health body, the BA.2 subvariant of Omicron is now the dominant variant of Covid-19 in South Africa, and it has been found in multiple other countries in the continent. “We have data from South Africa that the BA.2 variant has now become prevalent in South Africa,” said John Nkengasong, director […]
COVID-19 Panel Of Malaysia Recommends Full Border Reopening In March
In a statement, Malaysia’s Coronavirus Recovery Council said it has recommended reopening its borders without mandatory quarantine on March 1 as part of efforts to accelerate economic recovery. Since March 2020, the Southeast Asian nation has closed its borders and frozen foreign worker entry in an effort to contain the novel coronavirus outbreak. It comes […]
From 1 February, Italy To Relax Travel Restrictions For EU Citizens
Italian health ministry officials said Wednesday that starting from February 1 all visitors from European Union countries will be exempt from the Covid-19 restrictions. In a statement, Health Minister Roberto Speranza announced that travellers from EU countries would only need a “green pass.” The green pass is a document that shows proof of immunity to […]