Vaccination Updates
IATA calls for EU’s digital COVID passport to be applied globally
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) praised the European Commission for delivering the EU Digital COVID Certificate (EU DCC) in record time and urged countries around the world to adopt the document as the standard for digital vaccine certificates.
Here’s what you need to know as Abu Dhabi lifts quarantine rules for fully vaccinated travellers
Abu Dhabi will remove the need to quarantine for all vaccinated travellers arriving from international destinations starting 5 September
Centara Grand Beach Resort & Villas Hua Hin requires guests to be vaccinated
Centara Hotels & Resorts has announced a new vaccination policy that requires all international and domestic visitors to the hotel to be vaccinated.
UAE reopens tourist visa applications for fully vaccinated
The decision applies to all citizens, including those arriving from previously banned countries.
It turns out you don’t need the ‘right’ vaccine to visit America
An Australian newsreader based in Tel Aviv has urged Australians to get the widely available AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, claiming that it will not limit their international travel.
Virgin Australia launches vaccine incentive competition
Virgin Australia's COVID-19 vaccination incentive programme is ready to go, with "stacks of prizes up for grab."
Travelling to Goa? No RT PCR needed for fully vaccinated tourists to enter state
Goa has allowed fully vaccinated travellers to enter the state without providing a negative RT PCR test report
Mauritius reaches new milestone ahead of reduced quarantine rules for international travellers
The herd immunity threshold, which was calculated to be 60 per cent of adults, was passed on 30 August in Mauritius
New bonanza! Sri Lankan Airlines offers ‘buy one get one free’ for Indian travellers
Sri Lankan Airlines has introduced a buy one get one free offer for Indian leisure travellers on their Colombo return tickets
Some countries have set a vaccine ‘expiry date’ For travellers
Many fully vaccinated travellers may be denied entry into certain countries. Austria and Croatia are the first two countries in Europe to give vaccination status an expiry date.
Thailand announces ‘Phuket Sandbox 7+7 Extension’ for fully vaccinated MENA travellers
Launched on 16 August, 2021, the programme reduces the mandatory stay in Phuket from 14 to 7 days for MENA travellers who received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine
Delta Air Lines to charge unvaccinated employees $200 per month
Delta Air Lines will charge employees on the company health plan $200 per month if they do not get COVID-19 vaccinated, a policy the airline's top executive says is necessary because the average hospital stay for the virus costs the airline $50,000.
Virgin wants mandatory vaccination of frontline employees
Virgin Australia, like Qantas, wants all frontline workers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by mid-November.
UAE opens tourist visas for all vaccinated travellers from today
Application for tourist visas will be open in UAE to people from all countries, provided that they are fully vaccinated with one of the WHO-approved Covid-19 vaccines
Oman lifts Covid travel rules for vaccinated travellers from 18 countries
Oman has lifted an arrival ban on 18 countries, giving immense relief to hundreds of expatriates who were stranded in their countries for over two months
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