How Covid arbitrage became the trade of the yearThe flipside of this transaction came to bear when Taiwan, having managed to keep Covid at bay for more than a year, suffered a spike in nu...
25 Dec, 2021, 08.21 AM IST
Israel adds UK, Belgium, Denmark to travel ban list amid surge in COVID-19 Omicron variantHead of Public Health Services Dr Sharon Alroy Preis announced during a press briefing with Health Ministry Nitzan Horowitz and Health Mini...
13 Dec, 2021, 08.37 AM IST
Japan expands travel ban to halt spread of Omicron virus variantJapan took some of the strictest steps globally on Monday by closing its borders to non-Japanese for about a month in light of the emergenc...
01 Dec, 2021, 01.21 PM IST
Travel bans aren't the answer to stopping new COVID variant OmicronThe WHO has classified Omicron as a "variant of concern" because it has a wide range of mutations. This suggests vaccines and treatments co...
28 Nov, 2021, 09.32 AM IST
Restrictions lifted, fully vaccinated passengers from India take to US skiesThe coronavirus pandemic had prompted the US to close its borders to international travellers from many countries, including India, last ye...
08 Nov, 2021, 01.52 PM IST
US lifts pandemic travel ban, opens doors to visitorsThe new rules allow air travel from previously restricted countries as long as the traveller has proof of vaccination and a negative COVID-...
08 Nov, 2021, 11.08 AM IST
UK to remove all countries from its COVID travel ban red listFrom 4am on Monday, the remaining seven destinations on the UK's COVID-19 travel ban red list – Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, ...
29 Oct, 2021, 05.00 PM IST
Australia to lift 18-month COVID-19 travel ban next month, adds Covishield to approved vaccine listUnder the reopening plan, fully vaccinated Australian citizens and permanent residents will be able to quarantine at home for seven days on...
01 Oct, 2021, 06.53 PM IST
What you need to know about the US relaxing COVID travel restrictionsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) still must issue a formal order and answer many specific questions about how the new r...
22 Sep, 2021, 05.59 PM IST
Saudi Arabia imposes three-year travel ban for citizens visiting 'red list' countries, including IndiaThe red-list countries include the UAE, Libya, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Iran, Turkey, Armenia, Ethiopia, Somalia, Congo, Afghanistan, Venezue...
30 Jul, 2021, 09.58 AM IST
In view of virus surge, US to keep in place existing travel restrictionsThe United States currently bars most non-U.S. citizens who within the last 14 days have been in the United Kingdom, the 26 Schengen nation...
28 Jul, 2021, 10.10 AM IST
Turkey imposes 14-day quarantine for arrivals from India, 7 other countriesAccording to a new travel advisory shared by Turkish Airlines on Tuesday, people from eight countries including Afghanistan, India, Pakista...
02 Jun, 2021, 09.19 AM IST
As US travel ban kicks in, families are sundered and study plans are disruptedHusbands and wives, mothers and fathers separated from each other and from their children; jobs, careers, and mortgages jeopardized, and sc...
05 May, 2021, 08.32 AM IST
Italy imposes travel ban from India over COVID variantIndia, which is facing a health crisis, is battling a "double mutant" strain of COVID-19. On Sunday, the country posted the world's highest...
25 Apr, 2021, 03.27 PM IST
France to impose 10-day quarantine for India travellersThe move comes a few days after Paris announced a ban on all flights from Brazil to stave off the P1 coronavirus variant, and required quar...
21 Apr, 2021, 05.26 PM IST
US issues travel advisory against India as Covid-19 cases surgeThe ban by the US follows a ban by the UK, which on Monday had banned all travellers from India starting Friday barring British passport an...
20 Apr, 2021, 11.33 PM IST
EU to list which citizens can enter; US likely to miss outAs Europe's economies reel from the impact of the coronavirus, southern EU countries like Greece, Italy and Spain are desperate to entice b...
30 Jun, 2020, 05.03 PM IST