Travel
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Airlines to start weighing as ‘fat’ passengers are overloading aircraft
Airlines passengers may be required to step on the scale at the airport or share how much they weigh before boarding a flight, a new report suggests. This measure is because Americans are getting “fa…
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Presidency warn citizens against traveling to high-risk countries
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has warned Ghanaians who intend on travelling to countries with a high-risk infection rate of COVID-19 to postpone. Speaking to the nation on Sunday, May 16, 202…
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Australia sticks by plan to re-open border in mid-2022
Australia is sticking to plans to start re-opening to the rest of the world only from the middle of next year, officials said on Sunday, resisting mounting pressure to end the closure of internationa…
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France adds four more countries to ‘red list’ in a blow to travellers
More travellers arriving in France will be the subject of strict police-enforced 10-day quarantines after four more countries were placed on the high risk list. The Prime Minister’s office on Friday …
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Emirates to fly medical supplies to India for free
Emirates airline said on Sunday it will fly medical supplies from Dubai to nine cities in India free of charge from this week to help battle a devastating upsurge in the coronavirus. International ai…
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Indonesia rolls out Eid al-Fitr travel ban in bid to curb covid spread amid celebrations
Indonesia began imposing a previously announced ban on domestic travel on Thursday as it sought to contain the spread of the coronavirus during the Eid al-Fitr celebrations, when millions normally tr…
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Hopes afar as Spanish tourism recovery suffers 76% slump in tourist arrivals
Foreign tourism in Spain in March fell 76% from a year ago when a lockdown was imposed in mid-month, data showed on Thursday, meaning a recovery of the crucial sector from the hammer blow of COVID-19…
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Oman travel-bans Ghana, UK, Nigeria, Brazil, others till further notice
Oman has added Ghana to a list of 14 countries whose residents are barred from applying to enter the country till further notice. The ban which takes effect from 9 am on Friday (May 7, 2021), affects…
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France to accept Tourists with Covid ‘health pass’ from early June
Travellers who can prove they’ve had a vaccine or a negative Covid test are to be welcomed back to French cities and beaches in just over a months’ time, according to a timetable published by local m…
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GHS advises Ghanaians to cancel or postpone travels to COVID-19 hotspots
The Ghana Health Service has advised Ghanaians to either cancel or postpone all non-essential travels to countries with high COVID-19 infection rates. A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs…