Saudi Arabia bans travel to 16 countries including India over new Covid outbreaks

Saudi Arabia bans travel to 16 countries including India over new Covid outbreaks

Following the re-outbreak of Covid-19 and the rapid surge in the number of daily Covid infections over the past few weeks, Saudi Arabia has banned its citizens from traveling to sixteen countries, including India. The sixteen countries where the citizens of Saudi Arabia are banned to travel apart from India include Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iran, … Read more

China reports 2 COVID-19 deaths, first in more than one year

China reports 2 COVID-19 deaths, first in more than one year

The deaths, both in northeastern Jilin province, bring the country’s coronavirus death toll to 4,638. China’s national health authorities reported two COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, the first recorded rise in the death toll since January 2021, as the country battles an omicron-driven surge. The deaths, both in northeastern Jilin province, bring the country’s coronavirus death … Read more

U.S. to Lift Travel Restrictions for Southern African Countries

By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Dec. 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) – Starting Dec. 31, the United States will lift travel restrictions from eight countries in southern Africa. The restrictions were first announced in late November in response to concerns about Omicron, the new highly contagious variant of COVID-19. Omicron was … Read more

How Covid arbitrage became the trade of the year

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It was a warm spring evening in Taipei and more than a hundred celebrities, founders, venture capitalists and tech executives gathered for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. The headline event, a fireside chat, was just an excuse for Taiwan’s best-connected people to socialize, enjoying the kinds of freedoms the rest of the world lacked amid another … Read more

UAE citizens barred from travelling to India, several other countries

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The UAE has barred its citizens from traveling to several countries including India, according to an official announcement made on Thursday. The other countries in the list are Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Namibia, Zambia, Congo, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Liberia, South Africa and Nigeria. Cargo planes, business planes and charter flights are exempt from … Read more

China cites Covid concern to suspend entry of travellers from India

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NEW DELHI: China has suspended entry of foreign nationals into the country from India in view of the Covid-19 pandemic, which spread to the whole world from its Wuhan province. The announcement by the Chinese embassy in New Delhi on Thursday came amid the continuing standoff of the People’s Liberation Army with the Indian Army … Read more