Travel ban – THE OVAL CIRCLE

Growing list of countries with curbs over ‘super mutant’ strain

Posted on December 1, 2021December 1, 2021By Editor

A ‘super mutant’ Covid variant has sparked a ban around the world on non-essential travel to South Africa and neighboring states, with several EU countries, the US and Russia becoming the latest nations to impose restrictions. … Read More >Growing list of countries with curbs over ‘super mutant’ strain

New ‘super mutant’ COVID strain prompts EU to seek air travel ban

Posted on December 1, 2021December 1, 2021By Editor

The European Commission has mooted stopping all air travel from southern Africa amid rising concerns about a variant of Covid-19 that appears to have mutated to circumvent the body’s immune system. … Read More >New ‘super mutant’ COVID strain prompts EU to seek air travel ban

EU to tighten travel rules, bar unvaxxed from bloc

Posted on November 30, 2021November 30, 2021By Editor

The EU is recommending member states only let in travelers from outside the bloc if they are vaccinated against or recovered from Covid-19. Under proposed rules, travelers would need a booster shot every nine months. … Read More >EU to tighten travel rules, bar unvaxxed from bloc

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Tearful airport reunions as Australia reopens borders to the vaccinated for first time after almost 600 days of Covid restrictions

Posted on November 1, 2021November 1, 2021By Editor

Australia has eased its harsh international border curbs on Monday, allowing many families to reunite after months apart and prompting emotional scenes at airports in Sydney and Melbourne. … Read More >Tearful airport reunions as Australia reopens borders to the vaccinated for first time after almost 600 days of Covid restrictions

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‘Time to give Australians their lives back’: Border to reopen for fully vaccinated after 18 months of Covid restrictions

Posted on October 2, 2021October 2, 2021By Editor

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Friday that the country would begin to ease the strict border restrictions it had imposed early in the Covid pandemic, allowing vaccinated citizens to travel internationally. … Read More >‘Time to give Australians their lives back’: Border to reopen for fully vaccinated after 18 months of Covid restrictions

EU removes US from safe-travel list due to Covid-19 case surge

Posted on September 7, 2021September 7, 2021By Editor

The European Union has instructed its members to remove the US – as well as Israel, Lebanon, Montenegro and North Macedonia – from the list of safe countries for non-essential travel, citing the rising number of Covid-19 cases. … Read More >EU removes US from safe-travel list due to Covid-19 case surge

Middle East

Stay home, save lives? Kuwait restricts foreign travel for unvaccinated citizens, barring most of its population from trips

Posted on August 2, 2021August 2, 2021By Editor

Kuwait has opted to allow only its vaccinated citizens to travel abroad, with children and pregnant women exempted from the new rule. The move effectively grounds a large part of the nation’s 4.2 million population. … Read More >Stay home, save lives? Kuwait restricts foreign travel for unvaccinated citizens, barring most of its population from trips

Middle East

3-year travel ban for those who visit Covid ‘red list’ countries, Saudi Arabia warns

Posted on August 2, 2021August 2, 2021By Editor

The Saudi government has threatened its own citizens with a three-year travel ban if they undertake trips to countries deemed unsafe by the kingdom’s authorities due to the prevalence of Covid-19. … Read More >3-year travel ban for those who visit Covid ‘red list’ countries, Saudi Arabia warns

Asia & Pacific

Hanoi imposes movement curbs, halts travel to 14 Vietnamese provinces amid Covid-19 surge

Posted on July 9, 2021July 9, 2021By Editor

The Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, has suspended all outdoor sport until further notice as the city authorities seek to repel a surge in Covid-19 cases, particularly from the south of the country. … Read More >Hanoi imposes movement curbs, halts travel to 14 Vietnamese provinces amid Covid-19 surge

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Australian government cuts overseas arrivals quota in half, as nation battles to contain Covid outbreaks

Posted on July 4, 2021July 4, 2021By Editor

Australia’s prime minister, Scott Morrison, has announced that officials will slash overseas arrivals to the country by around 50%, as the nation battles to contain Covid outbreaks that have forced four cities into lockdown. … Read More >Australian government cuts overseas arrivals quota in half, as nation battles to contain Covid outbreaks

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