Covid-19 Restrictions

Pedestrians wearing protective face masks, amid the coronavirus disease pandemic, walk at a shopping district on the first day after the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions imposed on Tokyo and 17 other prefectures, in Tokyo, Japan, March 22, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Coronavirus chronicle

Mask-free Monday comes to Japan as government eases Covid guidelines

FILE PHOTO: A sign advertises coronavirus disease (Covid-19) testing ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, US, November 22, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Coronavirus chronicle

US set to lift Covid-19 testing requirements for travelers from China - source

A woman holding an umbrella walks on a pedestrian bridge by surveillance cameras, near Caopu in Shenzhen's Luohu district, Guangdong province, China July 5, 2022. REUTERS/David Kirton
World+Biz

Hong Kong leader proposes 'reverse quarantine' for China travel

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

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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