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The TRIPS Agreement waiver (officially titled the Waiver from certain provisions of the TRIPS Agreement for the Prevention, Containment and Treatment of COVID-19) [1] is a joint intervention communication by South Africa and India to the TRIPS council of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on 2 October 2020. [2] [3]
On 28 January 2021, the European Union reinstated a travel ban from Japan due to an alarming rise in COVID-19 cases, removing Japan from the EU's safe countries list. [102] The following countries were listed as safe countries amidst the pandemic – Australia, Rwanda, Singapore, South Korea, New Zealand and Thailand.
Angola has announced a list of 98 countries, including India, whose citizens can travel visa-free for 30 days (w.e.f 29 September 2023). Thailand has announced a 6-month visa-free travel period for Indian citizens from 10 November 2023 to 10 May 2024, extending further to 11 Nov 2024. [13]
Singapore citizens can enter South Korea up to 90 days without a visa. [149] A K-ETA application can be completed up to 24 hours before boarding a flight. It will be valid for 3 years. [149] Singapore citizens are exempt from the K-ETA requirement from 1 April 2023 until 31 December 2025. [150] √ Kosovo: Visa not required [151] [152] 90 days ...
The first cases of COVID-19 in India were reported on 30 January 2020 in three towns of Kerala, among three Indian medical students who had returned from Wuhan, the epicenter of the pandemic. [10] [11] [12] Lockdowns were announced in Kerala on 23 March, and in the rest of the country on 25 March. Infection rates started to drop in September. [13]
India began thermal screening of passengers arriving from China on 21 January. [3] Initially carried out at seven airports, it was expanded to 20 airports towards the end of January. [4] During February, the screening was extended to passengers from Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea. [5]
Singapore is the 5th most visited city in the world, and 2nd in Asia-Pacific. [4] The Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017 ranks Singapore 13th out of 136 countries overall, which was the third best in Asia only behind Japan (ranked 4th) and Hong Kong (ranked 11th). The report ranks Singapore's business environment, international ...
Countries have also instituted various levels of restrictions on international travel, some countries have completely sealed off their land borders and grounded most international flights. India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh were three South Asian countries that overtook China in terms of the number of coronavirus cases. In the middle of May, India ...