Quick Glance: The United States has discontinued COVID testing for arriving international aviation travelers.
- WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Late Friday, the United States repealed a 17-month-old rule that persons entering in the nation by air test negative for COVID-19, following intensive lobbying by airlines and the travel sector.
- Since January 2021, incoming international air travelers have been required to provide pre-departure negative tests.
- To travel to the United States, U.S. citizens must be immunized against COVID.
- O) On Friday, CEO Robin Hayes told Reuters that the testing requirement was "the last obstacle to a really full international travel recovery," adding that it "served no purpose anymore."
Quick Glance: The United States Will Require Coronavirus Testing of Chinese Visitors
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- After half of all passengers arriving on two planes from China tested positive for coronavirus, officials in Italy implemented identical rules Wednesday and asked the European Union to follow suit.
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Quick Glance: Major Chinese cities have passed their Covid peak as the wave shifts to rural areas, new research projects
- According to a new study, the wave of Covid infections sweeping throughout China may have already peaked in some of the country's largest cities, including Shanghai and Beijing.
- "The results showed that Guangzhou already passed the recent wave, while Beijing, Shanghai, and Chongqing urban areas are in the midst of the current wave that would likely pass by the end of 2022," according to the report.
- "It is reasonable to speculate that the Omicron outbreak in Chinese mainland might appear in multiple waves, with re-appearance of new local surges possibly in late 2023," the report said.
Quick Glance: With few Covid-19 entry tests, South-East Asia may benefit the most from China's tourism renaissance.
- In 2019, China accounted for about a third of the 18 million foreign arrivals in Vietnam, while Chinese visitors spent $900 million in Singapore.
- Thailand anticipates five million Chinese visitors in 2023, or almost half of the 10.99 million in 2019.
- Prior to the pandemic, tourism contributed for about 20% of Thailand's national income, with China being the country's main source of foreign tourists.
- "But for Cambodia, it's an invitation to Chinese people: Chinese tourists, come to Cambodia."
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