'Travel restrictions targeting only Chinese nationals': China warns of counter-measures amid Covid surge
China covid scare: Several countries, including India and the US, have imposed pre-departure Covid test requirements on people travelling from China and its surrounding regions. On Monday, India issued revised guidelines for international air passengers arriving from China, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and Japan, mandating an RT-PCR test to be conducted within 72 hours before departure.
Jan 03, 2023, 16:38 PM IST
Covid scare: This province in China sees 'sharp rise' in cases, over 60% people test positive
Covid surge in China's Sichuan: The Sichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention said the true percentage of infected people was likely higher, since nearly 30 per cent of those who did not undergo any tests complained of symptoms such as fever and cough, according to NHK World.
Dec 27, 2022, 11:52 AM IST
BF.7 Scare: Avoid travelling to THESE countries this New Year as Covid surges
Amid a surge in Covid cases globally, several countries are expected to impose travel restrictions in the New Year to prevent infections from surging among their population. China tops the list for avoiding foreign travel as the country is reporting a record number of infections
Dec 27, 2022, 11:20 AM IST
Omicron scare: France announces new travel restrictions
The ministry said that French citizens are "strongly recommended" against travel to countries placed on the "scarlet" and "red" lists unless they have "compelling reasons" to do so.
Dec 04, 2021, 06:56 AM IST
Omicron threat: India decides to postpone resumption of scheduled international flights
Earlier, the government had announced that commercial international flights will resume regular operations from December 15
Dec 01, 2021, 15:20 PM IST
New cases of Omicron COVID variant detected in more countries; WHO says 'we need more info'
The World Health Organization (WHO) said it was not yet clear whether Omicron, first detected in Southern Africa, is more transmissible than other variants, or if it causes more severe disease.
Nov 29, 2021, 06:20 AM IST
'Omicron' threat: Delhi govt to review COVID-19 situation during Monday meet, take call on international passengers
According to informed sources, the Delhi government is deeply concerned about international passengers coming to the national capital, especially from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Hong Kong. Experts and representatives from the Ministry of Civil Aviation are expected to attend the meeting among others.
Nov 28, 2021, 08:38 AM IST
Global alert, travel restrictions imposed as new COVID variant Omicron spreads to more countries
Many countries have slapped restrictions on various southern African countries over the past couple of days, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, the European Union, Iran, Japan, Thailand and the United States, in response to warnings over the transmissibility of the new variant. This goes against the advice of the World Health Organization, which has warned against any overreaction before the variant was thoroughly studied.
Nov 28, 2021, 05:55 AM IST
US issues 'Do Not Travel' warning for Germany, Denmark amid rising COVID-19 cases
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) elevated its travel recommendation to "Level Four: Very High" for the two European countries.
Nov 23, 2021, 09:09 AM IST
US to ease restrictions for vaccinated foreign travellers in November
The United States will admit fully vaccinated air travelers from the 26 so-called Schengen countries in Europe including France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Greece, as well as Britain, Ireland, China, India, South Africa, Iran and Brazil.
Sep 21, 2021, 07:59 AM IST
Lakshadweep imposes travel restriction to mainland in view of rising COVID-19 cases in Kerala
The administration also directed the authorities concerned to give permission only for essential travel to the mainland.
Aug 13, 2021, 13:24 PM IST
UK relaxes COVID-19 travel curbs for India, moves it from 'red' to 'amber list'
"The UAE, Qatar, India and Bahrain will be moved from the red list to the amber list. All changes come into effect Sun 8th August at 4am," UK Transport Secretary tweeted.
Aug 05, 2021, 08:12 AM IST
Making efforts to ease travel restrictions for Indian students in foreign universities: Centre
Minister of State (MoS) External Affairs, V Muraleedharan said that travel restrictions were being eased for Indian students to travel to many countries, including the USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Georgia, etc.
Jul 30, 2021, 09:10 AM IST
India urges foreign governments to ease travel restrictions for Indians as COVID-19 situation improves
"With the improvement in the Covid situation in India, we have been taking up with foreign countries the issue of easing travel restrictions for Indians. We believe that this is an important element towards economic recovery," said Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson.
Jul 23, 2021, 07:23 AM IST
Serum Institute requests govt to take up inclusion of Covishield in EU vaccination passport
Sources said referring to Poonawalla's letter, the Director of Government and Regulatory Affairs at SII, Prakash Kumar Singh, has also sought Jaishankar's intervention at the highest level.
Jun 28, 2021, 23:05 PM IST
Covishield missing from European Union's 'virtual vaccine passport' list, govt to resolve matter
EU Digital COVID Certificate is digital proof that a person has either been vaccinated against COVID-19, received a negative test result, or recovered from COVID-19.
Jun 28, 2021, 16:45 PM IST
Denmark tightens restrictions on travel from India in view of worsening COVID-19 situation
Amid the COVID-19 outbreak in India, the Denmark government has decided to suspend flights from India from Thursday (April 29).
Apr 29, 2021, 09:35 AM IST
COVID-19: Kuwait to stop entry of non-citizens amid surge in cases
Tareq Al-Mezrem made this announcement after an extraordinary meeting of the Kuwaiti government which was held Wednesday (February 3) evening to discuss the public health situation and the latest developments related to the COVID-19 pandemic, Xinhua news agency reported.
Feb 04, 2021, 14:50 PM IST
Unlock 5.0: Government makes graded relaxation in visa and travel restrictions
The government has now decided to make a graded relaxation in visa and travel restrictions for more categories of foreign nationals and Indian nationals who wish to enter or leave India.
Oct 22, 2020, 13:45 PM IST
Coronavirus COVID-19: Indian-Americans welcome relaxation in visa, travel restrictions for OCI cardholders
The Indian-Americans have welcomed the decision of the Indian government to ease the coronavirus-linked global travel restrictions imposed on those having OCI cards, describing it as a big relief for them.
May 23, 2020, 11:12 AM IST
