COVID-19 and travel: Australia’s hotel quarantine to remain for ‘years to come’ despite travellers getting vaccinated
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The World Health Organisation’s experts say people who have been vaccinated would still need to take the same precautions as now – including quarantine arrangements – until a level of herd immunity is achieved.
Coronavirus vaccines will unlock global travel, but how will differing standards be managed?
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By next year, millions of people around the world will be in line to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Calling for pan-European commitment for rapid and sustained reduction in SARS-CoV-2 infections
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Across Europe, the COVID-19 pandemic is causing excess deaths, placing a burden on societies and health systems and harming the economy.
COVID-19: Switzerland to track British tourists on ski slopes
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Fears of a mutated coronavirus variant have Swiss authorities working to track down thousands of British tourists who arrived ahead of a travel ban.
Covid: Rapid tests ‘useful public health tool’
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Rapid tests for coronavirus are a “useful” public health tool despite only picking up half as much virus as tests done in a lab, a group of scientists has said.
The Coronavirus Is Mutating, and America’s Leaders Are Flying Blind
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Travel restrictions might make sense, but what this country really needs is better disease surveillance.
Asymptomatic health-care worker screening during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Mass testing of asymptomatic health-care workers (HCWs) has been suggested to reduce nosocomial transmission of COVID-19.