Tag: COVID-19

SEOUL: South Korea will remove the COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing requirement for inbound travellers starting from Oct 1 (Saturday), reported Yonhap news agency on Friday.  Currently, inbound travellers are required ...

BEIJING: The Indonesian food and drugs agency (BPOM) said on Thursday (Sep 29) it has approved the emergency use of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Walvax Biotechnology. It ...

KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia passengers will not be required to wear masks on flights unless they are travelling to or from destinations that mandate it.  This will take effect immediately, AirAsia ...

TAIPEI: Taiwan will end its mandatory COVID-19 quarantine for arrivals from Oct 13 and welcome tourists back, the government said on Thursday (Sep 29), completing a major step on its ...

BEIJING: Dozens of people have taken part in a rare protest in the southern Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen, social media footage shows, after officials announced a snap lockdown over ...

Still, Hong Kong's Travel Industry Council expects outbound travel to surge as much as 50 per cent for the next few months, executive director Fanny Yeung told public broadcaster RTHK. ...

BEIJING: A thousand days since the World Health Organization (WHO) was told of a "viral pneumonia" in central China, many countries have returned to pre-COVID-19 life. Not so China itself ...

SEOUL: Cross-border freight train operations between North Korea and China have resumed after a five-month suspension, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported on Monday (Sep 26). A freight train from ...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong will end mandatory hotel quarantine for international arrivals from Monday (Sep 26), the city leader said on Friday, ending some of the world's toughest travel curbs that ...

TAIPEI: Taiwan aims to end its mandatory COVID-19 quarantine for arrivals from around Oct 13 and will ease other restrictions from next week as it continues to re-open to the ...