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Philippines: Travel ban extended; steps up safeguards over Covid-19 variant as total cases tops 496,000
MANILA, Jan 15 (Reuters): The Philippines on Friday extended by two weeks a ban on travellers from more than 30 territories and countries where a more transmissible Covid-19 variant has been detected, with the restriction also now covering Filipinos who want to come home. And apart from the 30 earlier countries - travellers from Hungary and UAE have been added to list.
Golf resorts offered as quarantine centres
THE Thai government is pitching half a dozen lush green golf courses as state quarantine centres to foreign tourists as the South-East Asian nation seeks to gradually reopen its tourism industry.
Thailand offers lush golf courses as quarantine centres to woo tourists
BANGKOK (Bloomberg):Thailand is pitching half a dozen lush green golf courses as state quarantine centers to foreign tourists as the South-east Asian seeks to gradually reopen its tourism industry.
Philippines to ban travel from six more countries over Covid-19 variant
MANILA (Xinhua): The Philippines will block foreign travellers from six more countries starting Friday (Jan 8) following the detection of the new and more infectious coronavirus variant in these places, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said on Wednesday (Jan 6).
Indonesia banks on outdoor recreation and domestic market for tourism recovery
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Growing outdoor recreation and domestic travel are expected to drive the recovery of tourism in Indonesia, experts and industry players have said.
US travellers banned from today
The PhilipÂpines will prohibit the entry of foreign travellers from the United States after the more infectious new variant of the coronavirus was detected in Florida.The travel ban, lasting until Jan 15, covers those who have been to the United States within 14 days preceding arrival in the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte’s spokesman said in a statement.
More safety steps: Philippines to ban US travellers from Sunday (Jan 3)
MANILA, Jan 2 (Reuters): The Philippines will prohibit the entry of foreign travellers from the United States from Sunday after the more infectious new variant of the coronavirus was detected in Florida.
‘PCR test can detect new virus variant’
THE IndoneÂsian Medical Association’s (IDI) Covid-19 task force head, Zubairi Djoerban, has said that the new variant of the coronavirus found in the United Kingdom recently can be detected by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test.
Foreign travellers denied entry
The country is closing its borders to foreign travellers from all around the world for the first two weeks of 2021, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi announced, amid concerns over the discovery of a more infectious SARS-CoV-2 variant first detected in the United Kingdom.
Ex-minister dies of COVID as Japan closes to foreigners
TOKYO (Reuters) - A 53-year-old former Japanese minister has died of COVID-19, his party said on Monday, becoming the first incumbent lawmaker to succumb to the disease in a nation scrambling to shut its doors to foreign travellers.