Forcing Americans to mask up while traveling goes beyond what US health authorities are legally allowed to do, a new lawsuit coming from Texas argued on Wednesday, demanding the end of the mandate that has been in effect for over a year now. Congresswoman Elizabeth Van Duyne (R-Texas) filed the …
Read More »Australian airport security guards made travelers hand over phones & passwords
Australia found itself embroiled in yet another controversy this week after returning travelers claimed they were forced to hand over their phones and passwords to border officials at the airport. One man told The Guardian on Tuesday that he and his partner were made to write down their phone passwords …
Read More »The real Germany is only in Munich: useful information for travelers
There is an opinion among experienced tourists that after visiting Munich, you can confidently say that you have seen the whole of Germany. Note that we are not talking about the capital, which, like most other countries, is filled with visitors and various entertainments designed to impress or earn more …
Read More »CDC says WHO-approved vaccines OK for foreign travelers entering US – reports
“Six vaccines that are FDA authorized/approved or listed for emergency use by WHO will meet the criteria for travel to the US,” a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) spokesperson told Reuters on Friday, though they declined to be named. Immunizations developed by Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson …
Read More »Canada to make Covid-19 vaccination MANDATORY for govt employees, air & train travelers, govt says
Speaking during a news conference on Friday, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announced plans to greatly expand the scope of mandatory vaccinations in Canada. In the coming weeks, all government employees and people working in certain industries subjected to federal regulations – such as airlines and railways – will be required …
Read More »France to require 24-hour negative Covid test for unvaccinated travelers from UK & 5 EU countries
The deadline for a negative Covid-19 test was reduced from 48 hours before departure to 24 hours for unvaccinated travelers from the UK to France. The same deadline for visitors from Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Greece and Cyprus was reduced from 72 hours to 24. The change is set to …
Read More »Foreign travelers to China can now use digital yuan – central bank
“Foreign residents temporarily traveling in China can open an e-CNY wallet to meet daily payment needs without opening a domestic bank account,” the bank said in its so-called white paper on e-CNY, China’s government-developed digital currency. Despite e-payments being a major form of transactions in China, the country’s two leading …
Read More »By shutting out travelers immunized with Sputnik V, the EU is helping undermine Russia’s vaccine drive by feeding domestic doubts
Prior to the outbreak of the pandemic last year, the number of Russians taking trips to the EU was rising rapidly, accounting for nearly one in four visas granted by countries in the Schengen free travel area. Since then, with governments across the world closing their borders in response to …
Read More »US to ban travelers from India, as subcontinent grapples with Covid surge
“On the advice of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Administration will restrict travel from India starting immediately,” Press Secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement on Friday. “The policy will be implemented in light of extraordinarily high Covid-19 caseloads and multiple variants circulating in the [sic] India.” …
Read More »Vaccine passports? EU to reopen to American tourists this summer, but travelers must have proof of ‘APPROVED’ jabs, Brussels says
In what seems to be an indication of how lives will never return to pre-pandemic norms, the European Commission president on Sunday suggested that some sort of Covid-19 vaccination certificates will indeed be necessary for would-be travelers from the US. “All 27 member states will accept, unconditionally, all those who …
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