The Transport Secretary has said he is ‘hopeful’ that testing for international travellers could be implemented by December 1, cutting quarantine from 14 days to approximately one week. Speaking this morning at aviation conference Airlines 2050, the Transport Secretary outlined plans for “a single test for international arrivals, a week […]
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A home health aide with no childcare and limited funds must decide whether to neglect her ailing patient or her young daughter. An overworked man neglects to mute a video chat with his colleague, accidentally forcing her to overhear him bicker with his newly unemployed boyfriend. With school canceled, a […]
With a surge in new COVID-19 cases in recent weeks, New Jersey has been flirting with qualifying for its own coronavirus travel advisory — a joint venture launched in June with Connecticut and New York that calls on travelers from hot-spot states to self-quarantine for 14 days after arriving in […]
A home health aide with no childcare and limited funds must decide whether to neglect her ailing patient or her young daughter. An overworked man neglects to mute a video chat with his colleague, accidentally forcing her to overhear him bicker with his newly unemployed boyfriend. With school canceled, a […]
Despite Government advice against travel and the threat of weeks in isolation skiers are determined to return to the mountains Snow has begun to fall in abundance as the start of the European ski season fast approaches. But as the mountains turn white with winter the hopes of being able […]
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Hotel properties have now received the information from the state to implement quarantine exemptions for travelers who have tested negative for coronavirus starting on Oct. 15. [Hawaii’s Breaking News–Download the FREE KHON2 app for iOS or Android] The Prince Waikiki General Manager Joshua Hargrove said they will […]
Coronavirus is crippling the travel industry (Getty Images/iStockphoto) Flight delayed. Flight rescheduled. Confined to your room. Restaurants and pubs closed. It might have once sounded like a holiday from hell, but it’s now just a daily reality. Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, the government’s mishandling of the travel and tourism industries […]
tuscany – Getty Holidays to Italy and mainland Greece could be at risk in the Government’s next quarantine review as infection rates rise across Europe. Both countries have seen their seven-day case rates top 20 per 100,000 people, the threshold at which the UK Government considers imposing quarantine – Italy […]
When COVID-19 lockdowns started in March and brick-and-mortar stores became mostly off-limits, consumers flocked to shop online, driving a monumental growth spurt in online spending. According to data from the U.S. Department of Commerce, e-commerce sales grew more than 30% between the first and second quarters of 2020; in the […]
A Paris break comes with consequences The travel landscape is changing at warp speed these days; so much so that when I organised an interrailing trip across Europe four weeks prior to departure, all countries involved were beckoning me onward, open-armed, promising zero travel restrictions and shaking their heads in […]
iceland – Getty Britons can now travel to just nine countries without restriction following the Government’s latest quarantine-list update, which has prompted renewed calls for airport testing. “As the red list gets longer, it makes quarantine redundant because destinations abroad often have more infections than we do,” said Paul Charles, chief executive […]
Iceland was one of the first countries to open up to holidaymakers post-lockdown – Getty Iceland’s rising infection rate now exceeds the UK’s quarantine threshold figure, according to new data – while figures in mainland Greece, Denmark and other ‘travel corridor’ destinations continue to climb. In today’s figures, Iceland reported 40.3 […]
Iceland was one of the first countries to open up to holidaymakers post-lockdown – Getty Iceland’s rising infection rate is edging closer to the UK’s quarantine threshold figure, according to new data – while figures in mainland Greece, Denmark and other ‘travel corridor’ destinations continue to climb. Yesterday, Iceland reported […]
girl in quarantine – GETTY A leading World Health Organization figure has described the 14-day quarantine period as a “conservative estimate” of how long people may be infectious, reports Georgina Hayes. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Dr Hans Kluge, the WHO’s regional director for Europe, cautioned that “the […]
Hawaii Gov. David Ige said Wednesday that starting Oct. 15, travelers arriving from out of state may bypass a 14-day quarantine requirement if they test negative for COVID-19. Travelers will have to take the test within 72 hours before their flight arrives in the islands. Ige said drug store operator […]
Venice at sunrise (istock) The list of countries that Britons can travel to without having to quarantine for 14 days on return is sadly diminishing week by week. The latest to go is the Portuguese mainland. As of 12 September, England and Northern Ireland followed Scotland and Wales in removing […]
portugal – Getty British Airways can only survive if Government works with it, including through support for airport Covid-19 testing, according to the carrier’s chief executive and chairman Alex Cruz. “These are the toughest times in the history of the aviation industry,” writes Mr Cruz for The Telegraph as four more […]
portugal – Getty British Airways can only survive if the Government works with it, including through support for airport testing, according to the carrier’s chief executive and chairman Alex Cruz. “These are the toughest times in the history of the aviation industry,” writes Mr Cruz for The Telegraph as four more […]
portugal – Getty British Airways can only survive if the Government works with it, including through support for airport testing, according to the carrier’s chief executive and chairman Alex Cruz. “These are the toughest times in the history of the aviation industry,” writes Mr Cruz for The Telegraph as four more […]
portugal – Getty British Airways can only survive if the Government works with it, including through support for airport testing, according to the carrier’s chief executive and chairman Alex Cruz. “These are the toughest times in the history of the aviation industry,” writes Mr Cruz for The Telegraph as four more […]
woman airplane – GETTY Thousands of British holidaymakers have until 4am on Saturday to return to the UK – or face a two-week quarantine – after the Government removed four more countries from its list of approved destinations. Portugal, Hungary, French Polynesia and Reunion have all lost their travel corridors, with […]
Crystal Cox/Business Insider Dating in the pandemic is a nightmare filled with endless screen time, awkward Zoom dates, and trite conversations. But if you’re fortunate enough to be working from home, a solution might be lurking in Slack: a coworker crush. Topics of conversation are baked right in, and there’s […]