Covid Highlights: France urges EU to test passengers coming from China

Coronavirus updates: Amid a fresh outbreak of coronavirus in China and other countries, several nations have ramped up their surveillance and testing facilities to control the spread.

Passengers undergo thermal screening as random Covid-19 testing starts at various airports across the country in the wake of rising cases of Coronavirus globally. (PTI)

Coronavirus updates: Amid a fresh outbreak of coronavirus in China and other countries, several nations have ramped up their surveillance and testing facilities to control the spread. Canada became the latest country to join other nations to make Covid-19 test mandatory for travellers from mainland China, Hong Kong or Macau. Malaysia, Japan, the United States and Spain are some of the other nations to have increased their Covid testing. India has also started to test and requires a negative RT-PCR test for travellers from China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong....Read More

Follow all the updates here:

• 1 Jan 2023, 04:58:14 PM IST

  France urges EU to test passengers coming from China

  France has appealed to fellow European Union (EU) states to test travellers arriving from China, after Paris itself decided to do so.

• 1 Jan 2023, 03:29:23 PM IST

  Canada seeks negative Covid-19 results from passengers coming from China

  For a period of one month starting January 5, travellers (aged 2 and above) coming to Canada from China, Hong Kong and Macao need to show negative Covid-19 test on arrival. 

• 1 Jan 2023, 02:24:46 PM IST

  ‘Strict checking at Delhi airport’: Passenger who arrived from Singapore

  There's strict checking at the airport. We had to fill Air Suvidha form and produce negative RT-PCR report: Passenger who arrived at Delhi airport from Singapore.

• 1 Jan 2023, 01:30:20 PM IST

  Hong Kong to resume cross-border travel with mainland China

  Hong Kong is working to resume quarantine-free travel with mainland China by as early as January 8, reported Reuters.

• 1 Jan 2023, 12:36:40 PM IST

  Hong Kong asks Japan to withdraw Covid restrictions 

  Hong Kong has asked Japan to withdraw a COVID-19 restriction that allows passenger flights from the financial hub to land only at four designated airports, saying the decision would affect about 60,000 passengers.

• 1 Jan 2023, 11:10:14 AM IST

  India sees 265 new COVID cases, 3 deaths in 24 hours

  India saw a single-day rise of 265 new coronavirus infections and a decline in active cases to 2,706, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The total tally of COVID cases was recorded at 4.46 crore. The death toll so far stands at 5,30,705 with three fatalities -- two reconciled by Kerala, and one death reported by Karnataka, in the last 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am stated.

• 1 Jan 2023, 10:30:45 AM IST

  Karnataka's new Covid rules

  The Karnataka government on Saturday made home quarantine mandatory for those travelling from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand. The central government had already announced that travelers from these nations must produce their RT-PCR test reports before leaving the airport. Read more here

• 1 Jan 2023, 09:42:15 AM IST

  China's Xi Jinping: Country facing ‘tough challenges with new Covid phase'

  Chinese president Xi Jinping during his annual new year's address on Saturday said that the country is facing “tough challenges” as it enters "a new phase" in its Covid-19 response. “We have now entered a new phase of COVID response where tough challenges remain,” he said.

• 1 Jan 2023, 08:53:59 AM IST

  Australia to start Covid-19 testing for travelers from China

  Australia said travelers departing China, Hong Kong and Macau will require a negative Covid-19 test before boarding flights to the country from January 5, reported Bloomberg.

• 1 Jan 2023, 08:10:52 AM IST

  India see huge crowds amid Covid scare

  Soaked in revelry, Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kolkata and other big cities across India welcomed 2023 amid huge celebrations. This is the first time in nearly two years that Covid restrictions were eased for those ringing in the New Year. While the latest surge in Covid cases in China remains a concern, authorities in India are taking precautions but no major curbs have yet been announced. Read more here

• 1 Jan 2023, 07:24:23 AM IST

  Taiwan offers China help to deal with Covid surge

  Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Sunday offered to provide China with "necessary assistance" to help it deal with a surge in COVID-19 cases, reported Reuters.

• 1 Jan 2023, 07:08:18 AM IST

  China sees massive New Year celebrations amid on-going Covid wave

  Thousands of people gathered in central Wuhan on Saturday night to count down to the start 2023 amid the on-going wave of coronavirus, reported Reuters.