Many EU countries are fighting their fourth or fifth surge of COVID-19 and have imposed new restrictions on international visitors and citizens, including closing borders to certain countries, imposing new quarantine rules on international arrivals, mandating masks and restricting the movements of non-vaccinated residents.
As the northern hemisphere struggles with high case numbers and deaths, and with the news of the emergence of the new Omicron variant, agents are advised to constantly check ALL destination updates as the situation is changing rapidly.
Australia, the UK, EU and USA have stopped all flights from southern Africa, and other countries including Canada, Brazil, Thailand, South Korea, Switzerland, Bahrain, Oman and Kuwait have also acted swiftly, immediately implementing new restrictions for visitors. More countries are expected to impose these restrictions this week.
The UK has introduced compulsory PCR tests for everyone arriving in the UK, requiring self-isolation for 10 days in the absence of a negative result. Masks are now once again compulsory in shops and on public transport in the UK.
Israel has closed its international borders to ALL foreigners for the next two weeks as it struggles to contain the virus spread.
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