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On January 20, Trump issued an executive order mandating stricter security vetting for foreign nationals seeking entry into the U.S. to identify potential national security threats.

Saudi Arabia has banned travel to 16 countries including India This step has been taken in the wake of the re-emergence of the Covid-19 virus Saudi Arabia has banned its citizens from travelling to sixteen countries, including India

In view of the pandemic situation, the Chinese authorities have imposed travel bans and lockdowns in several provinces and cities. The situation in more than 20 provinces and cities including Jilin, Hebei, Guangdong, and Shanghai has deteriorated.

Hong Kong to lift ban from nine countries Hotel quarantine for arrivals could be cut to seven days Hong Kong`s border has effectively been shut since 2020

In view of the Omicron scare, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced a travel ban on unvaccinated citizens from January 10 with a requirement to obtain the booster dose for the fully vaccinated.

"In the coming days and weeks, we should expect more community (local) cases and rapid doubling of cases. This is again a process we need to go through, in order to live with COVID-19," Ministry of Health said.

Their samples have been sent to the National Centre for Disease Control for genome sequencing to ascertain if they have the new variant, Omicron, which has been classified as ‘variant of concern' by the World Health Organization.

The demand to ban air travel coincides with the Centre`s advisory to states and Union Territories (UTs) to ensure preparedness of health infrastructure like availability of ICU, O2 beds, ventilators, among others, and to focus on rural areas.

The WHO, in its latest guidance to authorities and travellers issued on Tuesday, said that people over 60 years of age who are not fully vaccinated or do not have proof of previous SARS-COV-2 infection and those with underlying health conditions should be advised to postpone travel as they are at higher risk of disease and death.

WHO's regional director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, called on countries to follow science and international health regulations in order to avoid using travel restrictions. “Travel restrictions may play a role in slightly reducing the spread of COVID-19 but place a heavy burden on lives and livelihoods,” Moeti said in a statement.

With the ban now expiring, passengers from India can now travel to Canada with a few precautionary measures, which include having a negative COVID-19 test report from an approved laboratory.

Saudi Arabia has threatened a 3-year travel ban for citizens who visit 'red list' countries This is part of efforts to contain surge in COVID cases

Shringla reached UK on a two-day visit on Friday to take stock of the Roadmap 2030 towards closer UK-India ties agreed between Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Boris Johnson. During his visit, he held meetings with senior UK government representatives, including Permanent Under-Secretary in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and others.

Tourism accounts for a fifth of Greece`s economy and Mitsotakis` conservative government is desperate to avoid another lost summer after months of tackling a second wave of the pandemic which pushed hospitals to their limits

Britain has said that it will add India to the travel red-list as COVID-19 cases surge The announcement was made by Health Secretary Matt Hancock who said that it will be effective from 0300 GMT on Friday

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Supreme Court has backed Trump's travel ban targeting people from six Muslim-majority countries.

The White House asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to allow President Donald Trump`s latest travel ban to take full effect after an appeals court in California ruled last week that only parts of it could be enacted.

A second US judge ordered a freeze on President Donald Trump`s newest travel ban order Wednesday, saying it was essentially targeted at Muslims in violation of the US Constitution.

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out an appeals court ruling that struck down President Donald Trump`s previous temporary travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority nations countries that has now expired.