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The travel industry has, predictably, welcomed the easing of restrictions. But some other major nations retain strict Covid rules. These are the key questions and answers.
Countries and territories around the world enforced lockdowns of varying stringency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some included total movement control while others enforced restrictions based on time. In many cases, only essential businesses were allowed to remain open.
The new omicron variant threatens to tighten travel restrictions around the globe just as they were easing due to rising COVID-19 vaccination rates.
Various new travel restrictions have been popping up across the European Union, from quarantine and testing requirements to outright travel bans.
On 28 January 2021, the European Union has reinstated a travel ban from Japan due to an alarming rise in COVID-19 cases. Hence, Japan is no longer a part of the EU's safe countries list. [101] The following countries are listed as safe countries amidst the pandemic – Australia, Rwanda, Singapore, South Korea, New Zealand and Thailand.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday the Omicron coronavirus variant carried a very high risk of infection surges, and countries around the world have tightened travel restrictions.
The Omicron variant features as such for the first time in the overview of WHO's weekly operational update, namely "Supporting Omicron variant detection and COVID-19 response in southern Africa." As of 2 December, Botswana and South Africa have reported 19 and 172 Omicron variant cases, respectively, accounting for 62% of global cases.
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