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Austria warns against travel to Tyrol amid spread of new variant
The Austrian government said in a statement on Monday that Austria warned not to travel unnecessarily to its mountain province, Tyrol, because of the outbreak of the so-called South African coronavirus variant. The federal government’s travel warnings are as follows: Unnecessarily travel to Tyrol. Everyone who was in Tyrol in the last two […]
Read MoreItaly: Milan Cathedral will reopen on February 11
Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo said on Monday that Milan’s iconic Duomo Cathedral will reopen to tourists on February 11 (Thursday). The cathedral, the symbol of Milan, is closed due to COVID-19. Fabbrica said that in the first phase, the cathedral will be open from Monday to Friday between 10:00 and 17:00 local time. […]
Read MorePortugal: Algarve hotel occupancy rate drops in January
According to Portugal’s major hotel industry associations, the average occupancy rate per room for hotels in the Algarve region in southern Portugal in January was 7.6%, a decrease of 78.8% from the same period last year. The Algarve Hotel and Tourism Enterprise Association (AHETA) revealed that sales in the region also fell by 83.5% […]
Read MoreWTTC: Governments should abandon the concept of high-risk countries
The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) calls on governments to abandon the concept of “high-risk countries” and to focus on how to treat individual “high-risk travelers” at the border. WTTC, which represents the global travel and tourism private sector, urges governments around the world to shift their focus from entire countries to […]
Read MoreSpain takes delivery of first batch of AstraZeneca vaccine
The Spanish Ministry of Health said that Spain received the first batch of AstraZeneca vaccines on Saturday, but only used them for people under 55. Spain became the latest European country, imposing age restrictions on the Anglo-Swedish Jab. It has been said before that it will restrict the use of AstraZeneca vaccines to under […]
Read MoreAustria: Stricter lockdown measures from Monday
The Austrian government has decided to implement stricter quarantine and entry rules from Monday, Febraury10, to prevent the rapid spread of new infectious variants of the coronavirus pandemic. In addition, the country’s authorities also announced that, due to the current pandemic, they have extended border controls with the Czech Republic and Slovakia. […]
Read MoreSweden: Negative coronavirus test now mandatory for all arrivals
All persons wishing to enter Swedish territory are required to show a negative result of a coronavirus test upon arrival. SchengenvisaInfo.com reported that the decision was made in accordance with a recommendation of the Swedish Public Health Agency to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus pandemic discovered in many countries around the […]
Read MoreNetherlands sees sharp drop in asylum requests in 2020
According to data released by the Dutch Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND), by 2020, the number of people seeking international protection in the Netherlands has significantly decreased by 40%. According to the latest IND report, nearly 14,000 people applied for asylum in the Netherlands for the first time last year. Syrian citizens are […]
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