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Italy bans entry to arrivals from 13 'at risk' countries

Italy bans entry to arrivals from 13 ‘at risk’ countries

Italy has banned entry into its territory to arrivals from 13 countries considered high risk amid fears of a second wave of coronavirus. It means that travellers that have stayed or transited through any of these 13 countries in the last 14 days will now be denied entry into Italy. Additionally, Italian residents returning from…
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The UK’s Travel Quarantine is Lifted, But Countries Like USA, Canada, Russia & China are Still in Place

A two-week quarantine period for those entering the UK has been lifted for some travellers to England. The quarantine policy was introduced in June to protect public health against imported coronavirus cases But travellers from 59 countries including France and Spain are exempt from quarantine from 10 July. What are the quarantine rules? Currently, anyone,…
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Spain imposes local lockdown in two regions after Coronavirus rises again

Spain imposes a local lockdown in two regions after Coronavirus rises again

Spain has reinstated quarantine restrictions in a second region after an increase in new coronavirus cases. The region of Galicia, in northwest Spain, will have lockdown measures reintroduced from midnight on 5th July 2020.  This is after a decision on Saturday 4th July to lockdown 200,000 people in El Segriá, located in the north-eastern region of…
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How to Bypass the Europe Travel Ban

Back in July 2020, the news was released and caused a twitter storm that the father of the then UK’s Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, travelled to Greece despite strict Foreign Office advice against all but essential international travel. Greece has extended its ban on flights arriving from the UK until the middle of July. But…
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Top European Universities COVID-19 Planned Measures for Incoming Academic Year 2020/21

European universities take over 40 percent of the places in the list of the best universities in the world. Based on the latest ranking done by Times Higher Education, over 500 universities are located in Europe out of the almost 1,400 universities ranked around the world.  As the world combats the coronavirus pandemic and the…
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