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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...
How the French balcony stars kept spirits up despite the coronavirus quarantine
Every night at 7 o'clock, tenor Stephane Senechal of Paris's 9th arrondissement throws open his window and belts out an aria. To quote him directly from an AFP interview: "When I see the grin that I bring each evening with my song, that brings me enormous pleasure." Every moment...
How the French balcony stars kept spirits up despite the coronavirus quarantine
Every night at 7 o'clock, tenor Stephane Senechal of Paris's 9th arrondissement throws open his window and belts out an aria. To quote him directly from an AFP interview: "When I see the grin that I bring each evening with my song, that brings me enormous pleasure." Every moment...
Singapore wants to enable vaccinated visitors to come without having to go through quarantine
According to Transport Minister S. Iswaran, Singapore hopes to ultimately enable all passengers to bypass quarantine in the nation if they are vaccinated.
"I believe we have now been able to put in place a series of measures to restart travel," he said in an interview with CNB...
Land borders between Singapore and Malaysia to reopen soon: Ministry of Trade and Industry
Land borders between Singapore and Malaysia could be reopened for quarantine-free travel soon. As the talks regarding the reopening of land borders are showing good progress.
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- Land borders between Singapore and Malaysia to begin soon <...
UK to eases travel rules for fully vaccinated travelers from selected countries
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- UK to ease quarantine and testing rules for fully vaccinated travelers
- Travelers from India are not allowed in the UK
UK is easing quarantine and testing rules for travelers from more than 50 countries. The Conservative go...
Japanese government eases quarantine rules for vaccinated travelers
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- The Japanese government is planning to ease quarantine rules
- Japan will tighten quarantine rules for travelers from nine countries
On Monday, the Japanese government said it is planning to ease quarantine rules for people ...
EXPERT: AUSTRALIA’S COVID-19 QUARANTINE HOTELS SHOULD BE REVIEWED FOR AEROSOL TRANSMISSION RISK
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- Expert said that every covid-19 quarantine hotel of Australia should be reviewed for the aerosol transmission risk
- A former health department secretary of Australia said that, the states and the territories of Australia must learn from the...
AUSTRALIAN MAN CONTRACTS COVID-19 AFTER COMPLETING HOTEL QUARANTINE
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- A man in Australia has tested positive for the corona virus after completing his hotel quarantine period
- The health officials said that, the person is likely to have contracted the virus during his hotel quarantine period
AUSTRALIAN STATES TO INVESTIGATE CORONAVIRUS SPREAD IN QUARANTINE HOTELS
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- The Australian states starts investigation of the corona virus spread in the quarantine hotels
- The Australian states have urged the staff and guests of the quarantine hotels to get immediately tested and self-isolate completely
JAPAN ADDS 3 NEW COUNTRIES UNDER BORDER CONTROL LIST FOR COVID-19
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- Japan adds 3 new countries under border controls for COVID-19.
- Border controls on travellers from Spain, Finland and Ontario has been added to the list.
- The travellers from these areas will have to undergo quarantine once...
FOREIGN TOURISTS VISIT IN S. KOREA FALLS IN A MONTHLY AVERAGE IN 2020
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- 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
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- 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...
CHINESE GOVT. ORDERS JAPAN’S NEW AMBASSADOR TO CHINA TO QUARANTINE FOR 2 WEEKS
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- Chinese govt. orders Japan’s new ambassador to China to quarantine for 2 weeks.
- Hideo Tarumi will be quarantined in his residence in Beijing.
- Tarumi arrived by a civil aircraft in China’s eastern port city of ...
CHINA TO UPROOT COVID-19 WITH NEW TESTING FRAMEWORK
- On November 6, China embarked upon a new travel testing policy.
- Before, incoming airline passengers had to hand in results for a conventional PCR test that proved the absence of Covid-19 and, upon landing, head to a predetermined location for mandatory 14-day quarantine. ...
AUSTRALIAN PM FINDS SOLUTION TO STRANDED AUSTRALIANS ABROAD ON QUARANTINE FACILITIES
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- Australians abandoned abroad will approach the Northern Territory Howard Springs office for isolation, until March, increasing to 5,000 individuals to get back home
Scott Morrison reported the federation deal with the NT government f...
THE NETHERLANDS ALLOWING ONLY ESSENTIAL TRAVEL TO BELGIUM
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- The Netherlands government has decided to allow only essential travel to Belgium.
- Coronavirus cases are increasing in Belgium.
- The Netherlands as changed Belgium‘s rating from yellow to orange.
According t...
JAPAN TO REMOVE 14-DAY QUARANTINE POLICY FOR BUSINESS TRAVELERS AND RETURNEES
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- 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
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- 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
THE NETHERLANDS CONSIDERS WHOLE BELGIUM ORANGE TRAVEL ZONE
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- Coronavirus cases are slowly reducing in some parts of Belgium.
- The Netherlands is now considering all of Belgium an orange travel zone.
- However, medical tests and quarantine are being encouraged.
The Netherland...