Quarantines

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its Covid-19 community and school guidance on Thursday, loosening several key recommendations.People who are exposed to the virus no longer need to quarantine at home, regardless of…

Staff members of China Post unload parcels of daily necessities for residents quarantined at home from a minivan on May 14, 2022 in Shanghai, China.Tian Yuhao | China News Service | Getty ImagesThe mass quarantine measures imposed this past…

All 304 crew members aboard a South Korean Navy destroyer dispatched to the Gulf of Aden are quarantining in Oman after 27 of them tested positive for Covid-19, the South Korean military said on Friday.Most crew members are quarantining in…

Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar is the latest Bollywood celebrity who has tested positive for COVID-19. On Saturday, the filmmaker himself took to his Twitter handle to share the news and he also urged everyone who came in contact with him to…

South Africa’s government, buoyed by encouraging data showing that infections from the Omicron variant aren’t as severe, has dropped quarantine restrictions for all but symptomatic people.That includes allowing people who have tested…

MILAN: Italys health minister signed an ordinance Tuesday requiring any unvaccinated visitor from another EU country to quarantine for five days after arriving in a bid to block spread of the omicron variant.Under the new requirement…

Switzerland on Saturday dialed back pandemic travel rules announced just a week ago, removing the obligation for some foreign visitors to quarantine for 10 days upon arrival, a requirement that created havoc in the country’s crucial tourism…

Singapore has quarantined one traveller as a close contact of two passengers on Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) Johannesburg flight who had tested positive for coronavirus variant Omicron on arrival in Sydney, local media reported on Tuesday.…