Covid-19 Restrictions

FILE PHOTO: A view of a COVID-19 testing station manned by British military personnel inside London's Hyde Park, Britain, May 8, 2020. REUTERS/ Alexander Smith
Coronavirus chronicle

Boris Johnson set to scrap Britain's Covid restrictions

As Hong Kong builds isolation units and Europe retains social distancing and vaccine rules, Johnson will announce the repeal of any pandemic reqirements that impinge on personal freedoms, a day...

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Middle East

Saudi makes RT-PCR test mandatory for Umrah

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Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Vaccination certificate, mask must at Ekushey celebrations

Hajj pilgrims circumambulating around the Kaaba in the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia; File Photo
World+Biz

Saudi Arabia sets 10-day mandatory interval between two Umrahs

Bangladesh announces set of restrictions to fight Omicron
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Bangladesh announces set of restrictions to fight Omicron

FILE PHOTO: Pubs and bars at the famous Leidseplein have closed their doors in response to a rapidly expanding coronavirus outbreak, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, March 15, 2020. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo
Coronavirus chronicle

Dutch streets deserted as snap Christmas Covid lockdown starts

Commuters wearing face masks arrive at Shinagawa Station at the start of the working day amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan, August 2, 2021.REUTERS/Kevin Coombs
Coronavirus chronicle

Japan to lift emergency Covid-19 curbs, but gradually

A man wearing a protective face mask walks at Trocadero square near the Eiffel Tower in Paris amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in France, January 22, 2021. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Coronavirus chronicle

France has no plans to ease Covid health pass restrictions at this stage

A day after U.S. forces completed its troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, Afghan refugees walk to board a bus taking them to a processing center upon their arrival at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, US, September 1, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
USA

US to require Covid vaccination on arrival for some foreign nationals with exemptions

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Bangladesh

Japan lifts re-entry ban on passengers from Bangladesh, 5 other Asian nations

FILE PHOTO: People jog past a social distancing sign on the first day of New Zealand's new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) safety measure that mandates wearing of a mask on public transport, in Auckland, New Zealand, August 31, 2020. REUTERS/Fiona Goodall
Coronavirus chronicle

New Zealand PM Ardern extends lockdown in Auckland to 21 September

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South Asia

Reopen schools or disaster looms, experts tell Indian authorities

Customers search for food on near empty shelves that were depleted due to panic buying amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam August 21, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
Coronavirus chronicle

'Living with Covid-19' - Vietnam's biggest city proposes economic restart