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Thailand to further ease COVID-19 restrictions, end pandemic emergency as scheduled

BANGKOK: Travellers to Thailand will no longer require a proof of vaccination to enter the kingdom starting next month.  Besides that, visitors to the kingdom no longer need to provide rapid COVID-19 test results upon arrival, among the steps taken in easing COVID-19 restrictions and promote travel and business. Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) spokesman, Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin said […]

Gov’t announces social sector relaxations for fully vaccinated in states under Phase 2

KUALA LUMPUR: The government has agreed to ease the restrictions in the social sector for fully vaccinated individuals who reside in states under Phase Two and above of the National Recovery Plan (NRP), effective Tuesday (Aug 10). Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said among the restrictions being lifted were the ban on dine-ins, inter-district […]

Additional restrictions to enter Labuan from July 1

KUALA LUMPUR: Several additional restrictions will be imposed on individuals who wish to enter Labuan, effective July 1. Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, in a statement today said the decision on the implementation of the additional restrictions was made after taking into account the current Covid-19 situation on the island. He […]

Pandemic’s restrictions a blessing in disguise

BAU: The various restrictions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the imposition of the movement control order (MCO) since last year have become catalysts for more agricultural activities in villages around this district. Tasik Biru assemblyman Datuk Henry Harry Jinep said this was due to the limited movements allowed during MCO which posed difficulties in […]

Virus dents big, fat Turkish weddings

Her bridal hair and makeup done just right, Ayse Keles looked ravishing and relieved: she managed to sneak her wedding day in before Turkey’s latest wave of coronavirus restrictions hit. “I have a close friend who had to delay her wedding five times,” the 28-year-old said in her white bridal gown while preparing for a […]