Slow take-off for Asia Pacific aviation during COVID-19 recovery
Author: Faizal Yahya, NUS With the global aviation market still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Asia Pacific region has gone from a world leader in aviation growth to a laggard. Airports Council International (ACI) data indicates that air passenger traffic in the Asia Pacific region experienced a 62.7 per cent reduction from 2019 to […]
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Coronavirus daily news updates, May 9: What to know today about COVID-19 in the Seattle area, Washington state and the world
Editor’s note: This is a live account of COVID-19 updates from Monday, May 9, as the day unfolded. It is no longer being updated. Click here to see all the most recent news about the pandemic, and click here to find additional resources. The U.S. death toll from the pandemic will hit 1 million this […]
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Tourists, Rejoice! Italy, Greece Relax COVID-19 Restrictions | Business News
By NICOLE WINFIELD and DEMETRIS NELLAS, Associated Press ROME (AP) — For travelers heading to Europe, summer vacations just got a whole lot easier. Italy and Greece relaxed some COVID-19 restrictions on Sunday before Europe’s peak summer tourist season, in a sign that life was increasingly returning to normal. Greece’s civil aviation authority announced that […]
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‘Covid-19 was a huge equaliser for us, showed that no amount of money could address a bad lifestyle’: Dr Naresh Trehan
The rising temperatures even before summer peaks, clubbed with climate change, Covid-19, bad lifestyle, and rising health issues form a vicious cycle that needs to be broken soon, especially when one talks about sustainable living. To do this, we would require collective effort that needs to start at an individual level, believes Dr Naresh Trehan, […]
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Study Identifies Link Between Vitamin D Levels and COVID-19 Severity
Low levels of vitamin D prior to catching COVID-19 were linked to worse illness, a study found. Vitamin D helps bolster the immune system to tackle viruses that attack the lungs, researchers said. Vitamin D is “one piece of the complex puzzle” underlying severe COVID-19, the scientists cautioned. Loading Something is loading. Israeli scientists said […]
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How to travel to Southeast Asia during COVID-19
If you’re planning a trip to Southeast Asia, here’s what you need to know about key destinations; what’s open, what’s not, what you need to travel there and how to cross borders with various restrictions in place. Traveling through Southeast Asia, a region packed with options for adventurers, foodies, history lovers and beach bums, was […]
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Covid-19 outbreak and bungles dampen Australia’s holiday mood, take toll on PM
SYDNEY – The current Australian summer – during which the country was supposed to enjoy a carefree holiday season, filled with travel, festivities and sport – has not quite turned out as planned. Instead, the new year period has been marked by a series of national setbacks, including failures in the Covid-19 testing regime and a […]
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Novak Djokovic sorry for COVID-19 errors, Australian Open visa still in doubt
‘ERROR OF JUDGEMENT’ Djokovic was also contrite over an interview and photoshoot for French newspaper L’Equipe on Dec 18 while infected with COVID-19 for the second time. “I didn’t want to let the journalist down, but did ensure I socially distanced and wore a mask except when my photograph was being taken,” he said. “This was […]
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