Jan. 31, 2022 A growing number of nations – and one state – are coming up with rules that encourage or require travelers to get a booster vaccine, Forbes reported. Hawaii Gov. David Ige says visitors who’ve received a third vaccine dose will be able to bypass a five-day quarantine without showing a pre-travel negative … Read more
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
The omicron variant kept a jittery world off-kilter Wednesday as Japan further tightened travel restrictions, infections linked to the new version of the coronavirus popped up in more places and new evidence made clear the mutant strain was circulating weeks earlier than thought. Much is still unknown about the new variant, including how contagious it … Read more
Earlier this month, New Zealand suspended entry of all travelers from India. From opening air bubbles since the first COVID-19 wave to now being red-listed by many countries as the second wave hits, India is now facing outbound travel restrictions. As the Coronavirus cases in India have crossed more than 2 lakh per day, many … Read more
UK authorities have mentioned that laboratory work is currently being done to understand this phenomenon completely. At a time when Europe rejoiced at the introduction of Pfizer vaccination, a new strain of the Coronavirus infection surfaced and pushed people among rising fears. What is the new strain and will it impact the vaccination drive across … Read more
Dec. 21, 2020 — A highly transmissible coronavirus variant had been detected in the United Kingdom, leading Prime Minister Boris Johnson to shut down parts of the country and triggering other nations to impose travel and shipping restrictions on England. Johnson was holding a crisis meeting with ministers Monday on how to go forward … Read more
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government is facing a lot of heat for its move to defy the Centre and continue with its restrictions on free movement of people. The BJP, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and Prakash Ambedkar’s Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) have slammed the state government for making it necessary for people travelling in private and … Read more