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Australia to fully reopen borders to vaccinated travellers from Feb 21Australia has been pursuing a staggered border reopening since late last year allowing skilled migrants, international students and backpac...
UK to scrap COVID tests for fully vaccinated travellersSpeaking to reporters during a visit to a hospital in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, Johnson said the daily Omicron variant data is gettin...
Beijing tightens rules for entering city after Omicron caseThe new rule, effective from Jan. 22 to end-March, is aimed to help with early detection of Omicron, which is surging globally, and the con...
Omicron delaying overseas education in Canada? Online degrees from international universities may be the answerCanada has been one of the top destinations for Indian students since it unseated the USA in 2019 with the highest number of Indians enroll...
U.S. to lift travel curbs on eight African countries: White HouseTop infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Monday that lifting the restrictions was likely "because we have enough infection i...
Singapore freezes flight ticket sales under quarantine-free travel programmeSingapore has set up these lanes for about two dozen countries, including Australia, India, the United Kingdom and the United States. React...
No hit yet on year-end travel plans, but firms keep fingers crossedThe impact on future flights and hotel bookings due to new state centric curbs and restrictions and a potential uptick in cases cannot be r...
No evidence to suggest that existing vaccines don't work on Omicron: Govt"There are limited available data, and no peer-reviewed evidence, on vaccine efficacy or effectiveness to date for Omicron," Union Health M...
WHO urges Asia-Pacific to ready for Omicron-driven surge in infectionsIt has been reported in at least two dozen countries, and started gaining a foothold in Asia this week, with cases reported from Australia,...
Two international air travellers including a child test positive for Covid; TN Govt says tests will only ascertain if Omicron variantMinister for Health and Family Welfare, Ma Subramanian, told reporters here a man who arrived from Singapore to Tiruchirappally in the wee ...
Omicron variant may be less lethal in India, epidemiologist saysGiven the widespread exposure of Indians to Covid-19 virus and a reasonably-high vaccination rate, India will likely be less affected by th...
Different travel guidelines from Centre and states leave fliers, airline officials strandedGiven rising concerns about the new highly infectious Omicron variant of coronavirus, the Centre has come up with new rules for internation...
Maharashtra authorities tighten rules, issues fresh Covid guidelines to prevent spread of OmicronSeveral departments and district authorities have issued fresh guidelines to ensure faster vaccination and to enforce Covid-appropriate beh...
Six hours of wait: Even if you are Covid negative, you are likely to acquire it at airport, says Biocon founder"Day 1 Of Omicron Travel Rules, Upto 6 Hours Wait For Tests: 10 Points - Even if you did not have the infection you are likely to acquire i...
Omicron: How two flights to Europe may have spurred spread of new Covid variantOf the more than 60 people on that and another KLM flight from South Africa who tested positive for the virus, at least 14 had omicron, acc...
WHO Chief: Omicron shows need for global accord on pandemicsThe draft makes no reference to the word “treaty” but, among other things, calls for the creation of an “intergovernmental negotiating body...
Travellers on edge as countries tighten rules due to Omicron fears: Travel agentsSouthern Africa, where Omicron was discovered, accounts for only a tiny portion of the world's international travel but Israel and Japan ha...
UK to enforce new Covid rules from TuesdayHealth Secretary Sajid Javid said mandatory mask-wearing will return to shops and public transport in England on Tuesday, and told families...
COVID variant spreads to more countries as world on alertThe UK on Saturday tightened its rules on mask-wearing and on testing of international arrivals after finding two cases.
World races to contain new Covid variantSeveral European nations on Saturday announced their first cases of a highly infectious new coronavirus strain, as governments worldwide be...