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Germany adjusts risk levels for nine countries
Effective Sunday, January 30, Germany has removed South Africa, along with Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Angola, Namibia, Rwanda, Zimbabwe and Zambia, from its list of high-risk countries. The...
Etihad to resume JNB flights
National carrier of the UAE, Etihad, intends to resume flights between Abu Dhabi and Johannesburg from March 3, following the UAE Government’s approval of passenger flights to South Africa and 11...
EK resumes SA services
The long-awaited announcement from Emirates regarding the restarting of its passenger services on the South African route was finally made today. This came after the news broke yesterday that the...
Oz eases borders, but don’t pack for Perth
Australia now has new border restrictions, which mean that fully vaccinated foreign travellers may choose between entering the country with a negative certificate from either an expensive PCR test...
Heavy snowfall in Turkey disrupts flights, road traffic
Heavy snowfall across Turkey, including the main cities of Istanbul and Ankara, have disrupted flight services and road traffic, while meteorologists have warned that the cold spell could last until...
England and Scotland scrap testing for vaxxed pax
Fully vaccinated international travellers arriving in England or Scotland will no longer need to take any COVID test on day two of their stay, UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced. The...
SAs – 10 days’ isolation in Netherlands
Authorities in the Netherlands have now given South Africa a new classification as a very-high-risk zone without a variant of concern, according to the Dutch government. It means that while fully...
Belgium now welcomes South Africans
Belgium has joined the growing list of countries around the world reopening to vaxxed travellers from southern African countries. With the travel ban now lifted, fully vaccinated travellers from...
UK takes a new view of Covid
The UK’s ‘Plan B’ regulations will fall away on Wednesday (January 26) after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the end of all COVID measures in England. These changes apply only to England, due...