South Australia opens its borders to Queensland but SNUBS Victoria and New South Wales by keeping them out of travel bubble Visitors from Queensland can enter South Australia from midnight on Friday The move will give hope to ailing tourism businesses desperate for visitors These visitors will not have to quarantine for the mandatory 14-day … Read more
Sunbathers were back on the beach in Spain today as the country announced it will re-open to British tourists from June 21 – but any UK visitors will face a two-week quarantine when they return home. Spain will scrap the travel restrictions on Britain and most of its European neighbours from Sunday, three months after … Read more
Borders were thrown open across Europe today as a raft of countries including Germany and France lifted three months of coronavirus checks. Motorists were queuing to enter France from Italy and Germany from Denmark this morning after emergency checks were lifted overnight. Spain is allowing thousands of Germans to fly to the Balearic Islands from … Read more
Tony Smith CBE, former head of the Border Force, told a committee today that he cannot see an immediate end to the crisis The ex-Border Force chief has today said migrants crossing the English Channel are a ‘major threat’ to UK borders as another boat is picked up today, taking the total number to a … Read more
Spain is planning to welcome tourists – including Britons – back in ‘late June’, a government minister said today after Italy announced that its borders would re-open on June 3. Transport minister Jose Luis Abalos said the current two-week quarantine for foreign visitors would be phased out when travel restrictions are lifted within Spain. ‘From late … Read more
Europe has seen an East-West divide in the coronavirus crisis with eastern countries suffering far less after shutting their borders earlier in the outbreak. Political scientists in Poland and Greece say the vulnerability of health systems in Eastern Europe spurred leaders into decisive action, while governments in the west felt a ‘greater sense of complacency’. … Read more
Australia will consider opening up its borders to New Zealand as part of a trans-Tasman bubble if coronavirus curve keeps flattening By Daily Mail Australia Published: 22:46 BST, 26 April 2020 | Updated: 23:16 BST, 26 April 2020 The Australian Government is considering opening its borders to New Zealand to effectively create a trans-Tasman bubble … Read more
100 scientists are stranded on a research ship in the Arctic after the coronavirus pandemic causes countries shut their borders Researchers that were part of the MOSACiC expedition in the Arctic won’t be replaced by a new crew in mid-April as originally scheduled A replacement team had been set to fly out of Norway with … Read more
Priti Patel calls for UK borders to be CLOSED to stop new coronavirus cases being imported from worldwide hotspots UK-bound flights from New York, Tehran, Rome and Beijing all took off yesterday Priti Patel says flights from virus hotspots should not be allowed into the country Less concern over EU arrivals ‘because their domestic lockdowns … Read more
Breaking: EU leaders agree to shut down the bloc’s external borders for 30 days in a bid to stem coronavirus pandemic Most foreigners will be banned from entering EU for the next 30 days EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen says move had ‘a lot of support’ Travel ban has ‘very, very limited exceptions,’ says … Read more