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by Su Xinqi and Jerome Taylor Agence France Presse HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong announced Friday it will end mandatory hotel quarantine, scrapping some of the world’s toughest travel restrictions which have battered the economy and kept the finance hub internationally isolated. The long-awaited move will bring relief to residents and businesses clamouring for the Asian business hub to rejoin the rest of the world in resuming unhindered travel and living with the […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong will cut mandatory hotel quarantine for international arrivals from one week to three days from Friday, Chief Executive John Lee announced in an easing of Covid restrictions that have severely curbed travel. Once a global logistics and transportation hub, Hong Kong has been largely cut off from the rest of the world for more than two years under its strict adherence to China’s zero-Covid policy. Under some […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Most Asian markets reversed early losses Tuesday and oil continued its recent rally after China slashed the quarantine time for visitors, fuelling hope for a boost to the embattled economy. The news came as Beijing and Shanghai appeared to have contained a Covid outbreak that had forced officials to impose lockdowns that had compounded global supply chain snarls. Authorities said inbound travellers would now only have to quarantine for […]
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Detained former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has skipped three days of her trial in a junta court after Covid-19 was detected among her staff and she was placed in quarantine, a source with knowledge of the case said Monday. The 76-year-old’s civilian government was ousted in a coup last year that triggered mass protests, and she faces a raft of charges that could see her jailed for more […]
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — Vietnam announced an end to quarantine for international travellers on Wednesday, as it seeks to restart its tourism industry after two years of strict Covid-19 restrictions. The only virus requirement for visitors will be a negative Covid test, the country’s ministry of health said in a statement. The communist state’s tourism sector was worth up to $32 billion a year before the pandemic, but it ground to a standstill during […]
Nograles says Duterte staying in Malacanang and is “out of quarantine” (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte is healthy for his age after his medical checkup at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center, the Palace said on Friday, February 4. This was after his quarantine period ended on Thursday, February 3, when he had his medical checkup. Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles said that President Duterte’s last exposure to a Covid-19 positive person was on […]
(Eagle News) – Malcanang confirmed that President Rodrigo Duterte had been exposed recently to Covid-19 positive household staff, and had to go on quarantine. President Duterte, however, tested negative based on his test results and “continues to work while in quarantine,” according to acting Presidential Spokesperson Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles on Thursday, February 3. “The Palace confirms that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte was recently exposed to household staff who tested positive for COVID-19. The […]
Travelers from red-listed countries can enter PHL upon negative RT-PCR within 48 hours from leaving their country, and strict quarantine, testing protocols Bares latest country-risk classifications from January 16 to 31, 2022 (Eagle News) – Malacanang announced the latest country risk classification that would take effect from January 16 to 31, 2022 where 14 countries and territories including Canada, Saudi Arabia and Spain had been placed under the Red List. The Palace also announced that […]
Five days of quarantine for fully vaccinated health care workers due to increasing number of hospital cases (Eagle News) — The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) has approved shorter quarantine period — down to five days — for fully vaccinated health care workers, and home isolation for COVID-19 infected individuals who are either mild or asymptomatic, according to Malacanang. This is in view of increasing health care utilization rate in the country as more and […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte directed putting two policemen in two shifts for each quarantine hotel on Tuesday night, Jan. 4, 2022. This is to ensure that there would be no more persons under quarantine escaping from their mandatory isolation amid a spike in COVID-19 cases suspected to be caused by the highly infectious Omicron variant. Duterte in a pre-recorded “Talk to the People” noted that hotel personnel do not have the police […]
Starting Dec. 3, fully vaccinated travelers need negative RT-PCR test 3 days prior to travel, facility-based quarantine with RT-PCR test on 5th day upon arrival (Eagle News) — Starting Friday, December 3, fully vaccinated travelers from countries and territories under the so-called “green list” and “yellow list” are required to have a negative RT-PCR test within 3 days (72 hours) before their departure from their country of origin and should undergo a facility-based quarantine with […]
SINGAPORE (AFP) — The boss of Asia-focused lending giant HSBC backed Hong Kong’s decision to mirror China’s zero-Covid strategy on Thursday despite rising concern within the finance industry over the business hub’s international isolation. Hong Kong has maintained some of the world’s harshest quarantine measures and travel restrictions during the pandemic. The strategy has kept infections low but ensured a business hub that dubs itself “Asia’s World City” has been cut off internationally for the […]
