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www.dw.com
1 year ago
Coronavirus

Japan to require COVID-19 tests for visitors from China DW 12/27/2022

Japan has now joined India in requiring travelers from China to show a negative coronavirus test on arrival.It comes after China announced the relaxation of COVID-19 rules for foreign visitors.Japan would require negative COVID-19 tests for travelers from China, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said.His government would also reduce a planned increase in flights between Japan and China "just to be safe.''
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
World politics

What China's Zero Covid' Policy Has Looked Like

For a long time during the coronavirus pandemic, China's aggressive approach to stamping out cases worked.It has kept deaths from Covid-19 much lower than the rest of the world, most notably in comparison with the United States.But in recent months, that approach, called zero Covid, seemed increasingly outdated.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Survey finds foreign travel nearly doubled after Covid rules were lifted

Foreign travel from the UK nearly doubled after coronavirus restrictions were lifted, according to new research.
The Local Europe
1 year ago
Coronavirus

What's the current Covid situation in Italy?

With Covid cases on the rise in Italy, what's the situation on the ground?Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

MP ordered to do 270 hours of community payback for breaking Covid rules

An MP who wilfully ignored Covid rules and travelled by train from London to Scotland after testing positive for the virus has been ordered to complete a 270-hour community payback order.
The Independent
1 year ago
UK news

UK growth slows to weakest for a year as recession fears grow

Britain's economy grew at the slowest pace for a year at the start of 2022, as official figures showed a contraction in March amid mounting fears that the cost-of-living crisis may plunge the UK into recession.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

If you get the coronavirus, how do you get anti-COVID drugs?

If you come down with the coronavirus and are at high risk, how can you get access to anti-COVID drugs?
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

UK economy growing faster than thought, ONS says

The UK economy was only 0.1% below pre-pandemic levels after growing faster than previously thought at the end of 2021 because of a rush of coronavirus test-and-trace activities, the latest official data has shown.
Nytimes
2 years ago
World politics

Samoa locks down after recording a locally transmitted case.

The Pacific island nation of Samoa has closed its borders and prohibited public gatherings in a two-day national lockdown after recording its first known locally transmitted case of the coronavirus.
Washington Post
2 years ago
Public health

S. Korea has deadliest day of pandemic amid omicron surge

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea saw its deadliest day of the pandemic on Saturday, reporting 112 fatalities in the latest 24-hour period, as it grapples with a wave of coronavirus infections driven by the fast-moving omicron variant.
Washington Post
2 years ago
Coronavirus

10 places vaccinated travelers can go without taking a coronavirus test

Public health experts have debated such moves, however, and all the international destinations on this list are among those in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's highest-risk category.
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