Covid highlights: France urges EU to test travelers from China

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• Jan 01, 2023, 4:58 PM IST

  France urges the European Union to test travelers from China

  France appealed to other European Union countries after Paris decided to screen travelers from China.

• Jan 01, 2023 at 3:29 PM IST

  Canada is seeking negative results for Covid-19 from travelers from China

  For one month starting January 5, travelers (ages 2 and over) arriving in Canada from China, Hong Kong, and Macau must test negative for Covid-19 upon arrival.

• Jan 01, 2023 2:24 PM IST

  ‘Difficult Check in Delhi Airport’: Passenger from Singapore

  Intensive control at the airport. We had to complete an Air Suvita form and submit a negative RT-PCR report: Passenger arriving at Delhi airport from Singapore.

• Jan 01, 2023 at 1:30 p.m. IST

  Hong Kong resumes cross-border travel with China

  Reuters reports that Hong Kong is working to resume quarantine-free travel with China by January 8.

• Jan 01, 2023 at 12:36 IST

  Hong Kong urges Japan to lift Covid restrictions

  Hong Kong has asked Japan to remove COVID-19 restrictions that allowed passenger flights from the financial hub to land at only four designated airports, a move it said would affect about 60,000 passengers.

• Jan 01, 2023 at 11:10 am IST

  265 new cases of coronavirus in India, 3 deaths in 24 hours

  India reported 265 new coronavirus infections in a single day and the number of active cases dropped to 2,706, according to data from the Federal Ministry of Health updated on Sunday. The total number of Covid cases has been reported at Rs 4.46 crore. The death toll so far has reached 530,705, with three deaths – two in Kerala and one death in Karnataka, according to data updated as of 8 a.m. in the last 24 hours.

• Jan 01, 2023 at 10:30 am IST

  Karnataka New Covid Rules

  The Karnataka state government on Saturday made compulsory home quarantine for those coming from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand. The central government had previously announced that travelers from these countries would be required to submit their RT-PCR test report before leaving the airport. Learn more here

• Jan 01, 2023 at 09:42 IST

  Xi Jinping in China: The country faces “serious challenges with the new phase of Covid”

  During his annual New Year’s address on Saturday, Chinese President Xi Jinping said the country faces “difficult challenges” as it enters a “new phase” in its response to Covid-19. “We have now entered a new phase of the response to COVID where there are serious challenges,” he said.

• 01 Jan 2023 08:53 IST

  Australia begins testing travelers from China for Covid-19

  Australia has said that travelers departing for China, Hong Kong and Macau will need to test negative for the Covid-19 virus before boarding flights to the country from January 5, Bloomberg reported.

• Jan 01, 2023 at 08:10 IST

  India sees huge crowds amid Covid scare

  Drenched in extravagance, Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata and other major cities across India have welcomed the year 2023 with grand festivities. This is the first time in nearly two years that Covid restrictions have been eased to ring in the new year. No major restrictions have been announced yet. Learn more here

• Jan 01, 2023 at 07:24 IST

  Taiwan is providing assistance to China to deal with the spread of Covid

  Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Sunday offered to provide “necessary assistance” to China to deal with a surge in COVID-19 cases, Reuters reported.

• Jan 01, 2023 at 07:08 IST

  China is witnessing huge New Year celebrations amid the Covid wave

  Thousands gathered in central Wuhan on Saturday night to count down to the beginning of 2023 amid the current wave of coronavirus, Reuters reports.