South Korea will extend its quarantine period for people with Covid.

On Friday, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said that South Korea would extend the current seven-day quarantine mandate for Covid-19 patients for four more weeks. This is because to concerns that easing the obligation could hasten a reappearance of the virus. Han stated in a virus response meeting tha...

FOREIGN TOURISTS VISIT IN S. KOREA FALLS IN A MONTHLY AVERAGE IN 2020

Highlights –

• Foreign tourists visit in S. Korea falls in a monthly average in 2020.
• KTO reported foreign travellers to be only 9,722 per month from April to December last year.
• In 2020, visitors from China averaged 340 a month in the...

JAPAN TO STREGTHEN BORDER CONTROLS AS PREVENTION FROM NEW COVID-19 VARIANTS

Highlights –

• Japan to strengthen border controls as prevention from new COVID-19 variants.
• Japan has added Austria and Italy to the list of countries that would require going through additional quarantine measures.
• Citizens and reside...

JAPAN TO REMOVE 14-DAY QUARANTINE POLICY FOR BUSINESS TRAVELERS AND RETURNEES

Highlights –

• Japan to remove 14-day quarantine policy for business travelers and returnees.
• Japanese citizens and foreign nationals with resident permits will be eligible for the same.
• The government is also planning to draw up measur...

ITALY, SWEDEN AND GREECE CAN BE ADDED TO UNITED KINGDOM’S QUARANTINE LIST

Highlights:

• The countries Italy, Greece and Sweden can be added to the quarantine travel list of the United Kingdom
• The government of the United Kingdom is considering to reducing the period of isolation or quarantine from 14 days to 8 days

PORTUGAL REMOVED FROM UNITED KINGDOM’S QUARANTINE LIST

Highlights:

• United Kingdom removed Portugal from its corona virus quarantine list
• The transport minister said that as per the data, United Kingdom have taken the decision to remove Portugal from its quarantine list

On Thursday, Unite...

BRITISH TOURISTS RUSHING BACK FROM FRANCE

HIGHLIGHTS

• UK Government announced new quarantine rules from travelers coming to UK from France.
• British tourists are returning to UK from France to avoid new quarantine rules.

This past weekend witnessed many British tourists in Fra...

ENGLAND ADDS AND DELETES MANY COUNTRIES IN QUARANTINE LIST

HIGHLIGHTS

• Holidaymakers can go on foreign vacations.
• However, some destinations are still off-limits
• Compulsory quarantine period for travelers from France, Malta, Monaco, and the Netherlands if they arrive in the UK after 4 AM on 15 AUG 2...

BUG IN SOUTH KOREA’S QUARANTINE APP

Highlights:

• The mobile application that helps enforce quarantines has a major security flaw that will make private information vulnerable to hackers.
• The bug could have let attackers retrieve their names, real-time locations, and other private informa...

100 COVID-19 PATIENTS ESCAPE THE QUARANTINE CENTRE IN ASSAM

According to the reports, nearly 100 COVID-19 patients managed to escape from the quarantine centre located in Changsari, Kamrup district of Assam despite raging floods. These 100 patients after escaping from the quarantine centre, staged a protest at National Highway 31 and blocked traffic. The ...

AIRLINE COMPANIES TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST UK’S QUARANTINE POLICY

Highlights –

• British Airways, EasyJet, and Ryanair take legal action against the UK government’s quarantine policy.
• Airlines mentioned that there was no scientific evidence for the policy.
• Britain’s chief scientist me...

TRAVELERS FROM ABROAD MUST UNDERGO COMPULSORY QUARANTINE IN UK

Highlights –

• Travelers reaching the UK in the near future are asked to self-isolate for 14 days.
• All international arrivals, including British people, asked to follow the guideline.
• The passengers will have to provide travel details a...

SOUTH KOREA DEPORT FOREIGN NATIONALS – DID NOT FOLLOW QUARANTINE RULES

Highlights –

• 17 foreign nationals have been deported from South Korea.
• The foreign nationals were caught violating self-isolation rules.
• Amongst the 17, 5 were reported on Friday by the Ministry of Justice, South Korea.
• The...

THIS AMSTERDAM RESTAURANT HAS BUILT QUARANTINE GREENHOUSES TO ENSURE SOCIAL DISTANCING

In today’s times, when the world is battling coronavirus and facing challenges to maintain social distancing, a restaurant in Amsterdam has come up with an out of the box idea that will allow people enjoy their favorite meal along with effective implementation of social distancing. 

HOTELS COMING IN HANDY AS MAKESHIFT QUARANTINE FACILITIES

• Passengers alighting from incoming flights could seek hotels as quarantine centers to control the spread of coronavirus disease.
• Hoteliers were also quite responsive to the requests put in front of them.

With COVID-19 spreading rapidly, empty ...

MAN TRAVELS ON A TRAIN DESPITE KNOWING HE IS A CORONA VIRUS SUSPECT

Highlights: 

• Delhi man boards train despite being stamped to be quarantined 
• He was travelling with his wife
• Co passengers stop the train

The government of India is leaving nothing to chance including stamping of hands of suspect...

MUMBAI CM CALLS FOR MUMBAI LOCKDOWN

 Highlights: 

• CM Uddhav Thackrey says the lockdown will be effective till 31 March 2020
• This is an effort to break the chain of coronavirus spread

Mumbai Chief Minister declares that the city will be shut down until March 3...

40 MILLION CALIFORNIANS ARE ASKED TO STAY HOME INDEFINITELY

Highlights: 

• Governor Newsom orders people to stay home 
• Essential outdoor runs will be allowed
• Hospital spaces being prepared
• Allows $150 million towards getting the homeless off the streets 

The latest updated d...

HYUNDAI WORKERS SELF-QUARANTINE DUE TO COVID-19

Highlights:

• Hyundai workers self-quarantine as the coronavirus reached South Korea.
• South Korea reported 893 cases until today.
• Daegu, the industrial hub of South Korea is the epicenter of the virus outbreak in South Korea.

CRUISE SHIP STRANDED AT JAPAN SEES 328 AMERICANS LEAVE FOR HOME

Highlights:

• Diamond Princess reported a passenger suffering from COVID-19 and was put on 2 weeks quarantine
• Currently over 355 people are suffering from the virus break on the cruise

The United States evacuated 328 Americans stuck on...