Covid-19

All the countries of Asia were delighted to see the reopening of borders to Chinese travellers, synonymous with the return of a certain financial windfall. But the meteoric rise in Covid cases in China has had the effect of a cold shower. While European countries should be able to better manage the flow of travellers, with the number of flights...

According to the latest updates on the website of the French Embassy in Beijing, new provisions have been put in place by the French government for travellers arriving from China. PCR test on departure from China As of 5 January 2023 (applicable to aircraft leaving China on 4 January 2023),...

The Chinese government is finally going to reopen China to the rest of the world. A week ago, Bloomberg reported that the country was ready to move to a "0+3" regime for travellers. This means that travellers who have been vaccinated and tested negative for covid would simply have to spend 3 days...

After ten days of agitation against quarantine in several of China's major cities, the government finally made an announcement on Wednesday 7 December. After sending in the police to put down demonstrations against the anti-Covid isolation measures, the time has come for appeasement. And a return to pragmatism! Without saying so officially, China is entering into a...

India is continuing to simplify measures for foreign travellers entering the country. To enter the country, the Indian government used to require the completion of a self-declaration form. All international passengers had to register on the Air Suvidha portal. Passengers had to declare their vaccination status, including the number of doses...

It's yet another paradox in China. In the middle of last week, the authorities in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou quarantined more than 5 million inhabitants. The authorities have reacted vigorously to curb an epidemic of Covid, which is currently giving the metropolis...

This is a radical change for the government of the semi-autonomous city of Hong Kong. It is moving away from Beijing's "zero covid" doctrine, which Hong Kong was forced to follow. At the time, the government of former Chief Executive Carrie Lam made it an absolute priority to open up first and foremost to China.

The measure comes late and is still very restrictive for business travellers. But it does have the merit of being part of a drive to ease entry formalities into Hong Kong. From 12 August, the quarantine imposed on foreign visitors will be halved, from one week to three days. [link-block prefix="See also:"...

Southern China is facing the limits of the "Zero Covid" policy advocated by its government, which is finding it difficult to maintain with the development of new variants. A wave of Covid caused by other strains of the Omicron variant is once again putting entire towns under siege....

With the wave of easing of restrictions linked to the current health crisis around the world, business travel is set to become a whole lot easier. The latest is particularly significant, as the United States has just abandoned the requirement to present a negative test to enter its territory. "US will end Covid-19 testing requirement for...

8,000 flights: that's roughly the number of frequencies that British Airways decided to cancel between March and October. This reduction in the number of flights is linked to the fact that the airline is understaffed, having not sufficiently anticipated the upturn in traffic since the start of the year. With the Covid pandemic,...

The Biden administration was seriously considering it. With the Covid pandemic turning into an endemic disease, the civil aviation authorities were seriously considering the possibility of abolishing the compulsory wearing of masks in May. Then, at the beginning of the week, a judge's ruling in Florida brought matters to a head. Mandatory masks...

For two years now, the Hong Kong government has modelled its economic, security, social and health policies on those of Beijing. With all that this entails in terms of the image of a city that was long considered a model of economic and social liberalism. Not only have individual freedoms been eroded by the...

March 18 is a special day for travellers to London and other major UK cities. On this date, all international travellers, whether vaccinated or not, will be able to enter the UK without any formalities. They will no longer have to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test or...

According to Reuters, Korean Air Lines announced on 15 March that it would be rerouting its flights to Europe and eastern North America using Russian airspace, citing operational difficulties and safety concerns. The airline also indicated that it was temporarily suspending all passenger and cargo services to and from...

The pandemic brought the curtain down on the world's major congresses for almost two years. But with the positive developments in the health climate, the veil is gradually being lifted on these key events for an entire sector. The Mobile World Congress, the first major event to be organised in this post-covid era, will bring together in Barcelona, from...

The European Travel Commission (ETC) regularly analyses market developments and trends. However, its latest bulletin, published a dozen days ago, is more optimistic. The ETC analyses that by 2021, the high level of vaccination coverage in Europe, the EU's Covid-19 digital certificate and the easing of travel restrictions have already...

In the battle over the Covid-19 pandemic, it seems that the Omicron variant no longer frightens the Asia-Pacific region. Lassitude after two years of a complete shutdown that decimated the economies of countries heavily dependent on tourism, realism in the face of a pandemic that is gradually becoming endemic due to herd immunity. And then, probably...

Is it still necessary to take a business trip to a faraway destination, given the uncertainties surrounding the pandemic rules? Antoine Delesalle - The pandemic has had a profound effect on the way companies approach business travel. In most cases, we see that business travel is only undertaken...

What can an insurer do in the event of untimely confinement to a hospital or hotel? Séverine Lacroix, Europ Assistance's Marketing Director, answers. How do you deal with Covid-19? Séverine Lacroix - At Europ Assistance, we consider Covid-19 to be a "classic" illness. This means that we will treat cases of contraction of Covid...