Tag: travel

Saudi Arabia will impose a three-year travel ban on citizens travelling to countries on the kingdom's 'red list' in efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus and its new variants, state news agency SPA said on Tuesday.

Singapore, July 26 (Reuters) - Singapore is looking to allow quarantine-free travel for those who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 from September, when 80% of the city-state's population should be inoculated, the government said on Monday.

The Government has planned to open up the country within two months after vaccinating all the people in the country at least with a single dose, Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said yesterday.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday said he saw no reason why people who received Indian-made AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines should be left out of vaccine passport schemes after the European Union did not initially recognise it.

Newly arrived overseas tourists on Thailand's island of Phuket were able to roam free without quarantine on Friday for the first time in more than a year, as Thailand launched a special programme for vaccinated visitors to the island.

The Maldives, on Tuesday, announced that it will open its borders to South Asian countries from July 15. President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih announced his government’s decision but also added that the situation will be reviewed periodically between July 1-15 in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Sri Lanka’s Health Ministry has released an updated version of the quarantine guidelines for travelers arriving in Sri Lanka.

The Police have decided to revise the sticker system introduced for the essential service vehicles entering Colombo City during the travel restriction period.

Seven countries including Bahrain, Egypt and Sri Lanka have been to the red list today after the UK government updated its travel traffic light guidance.

The islandwide travel restriction that has been imposed in Sri Lanka due to the coronavirus pandemic has been further extended till 04 am on the 14th of June.