Latest Travel Health News

Passengers continue to support mask-wearing on flights

Based on the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) passenger survey, most air travellers are confident about the safety of air travel and support mask-wearing in the near-term

Young unvaccinated people in Spain see a surge in Covid cases

The rapid spread of the delta variant of Covid-19 in Spain led to a rise in cases among young unvaccinated people

State in India reports rising Zika virus cases

The number of Zika virus cases in Kerala has gone up to 19 since 11 July

Tokyo Olympics won’t allow spectators due to Covid

No spectators will be allowed into the venues during the Tokyo Olympics, following the announcement of a state of emergency in the city

Covid-19

Covid death toll is double that of estimates

New data suggests that the death toll for the global coronavirus pandemic is much higher than has been reported – at almost 6.9 million, as opposed to 3.25 million

Switzerland works on a digital vaccine certificate system

Global provider of secured authentication, SICPA, has been selected by the Swiss federal government to develop a vaccine certificate system for Swiss citizens

World celebrates one billionth Covid vaccine dose

… But criticism of the UK and US ramps up

New IATA partnership will allow secure Covid-19 testing

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has made an agreement with Eurofins to incorporate its worldwide Covid-19 testing network into IATA Travel Pass

UK debates making Covid passports mandatory for international travel

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has also suggested that a Covid passport scheme could be used domestically ‘within the UK’, and has received a wall of backlash

Air France to trial International SOS health passport

Air France and Groupe ADP launched a new test programme of the ICC AOKpass solution for digitising Covid-19 test results, developed by MedAire/International SOS

Countries adopt digital travel passports

Panama is accepting the IATA Travel Pass as a digital travel credential while France upgrades its TousAntiCovid app to include vaccination certificates

New IATA partnership will allow secure Covid-19 testing

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has made an agreement with Eurofins to incorporate its worldwide Covid-19 testing network into IATA Travel Pass

UK debates making Covid passports mandatory for international travel

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has also suggested that a Covid passport scheme could be used domestically ‘within the UK’, and has received a wall of backlash

Air France to trial International SOS health passport

Air France and Groupe ADP launched a new test programme of the ICC AOKpass solution for digitising Covid-19 test results, developed by MedAire/International SOS

Health passports with Covid-19 test information successfully used

IATA’s travel pass was tested successfully by Singapore Airlines as JetBlue starts using CommonPass app, and Hong Kong airport successfully trialled its health passport

Vaccine passports to be introduced for EU travel

A new announcement from the EC confirms that the proposed ‘Digital Green Certificates’ for facilitating international travel are to only be used within the European Union (EU) at first

WHO adds Janssen vaccine to COVAX initiative

On 12 March, the World Health Organization (WHO) listed the Covid-19 vaccine Ad26.COV2.S, developed by Janssen (Johnson & Johnson), for emergency use in all countries and for COVAX roll-out

Argentina reports hantavirus cases

One individual has died as a result of infection transmitted via rodents

Malaria elimination confirmed in El Salvador

The World Health Organization (WHO) has granted El Salvador certification of malaria elimination in a notable first for the Central American region

Australia issues warning over march flies

Insect bites from march flies, of which there have been an uptick due to increased rainfall and warm temperatures, have caused severe anaphylactic reactions in some people across Gascoyne and…

First case of H5N8 avian flu reported in humans

Russia reported the cases in late February, with findings sent to the World Health Organization

Plague erupts in the DRC

Thirty-one people have died in the country due to an outbreak of what is mainly reported as the bubonic plague

New Zika vaccine trials yield promising results

A Zika virus vaccine has shown to have lasting durability for up to a year, according to recent trials

Typhoid fever cases in Singapore

The Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) are investigating a cluster of two typhoid fever cases