Global healthcare emergency over Covid-19 extended

WHO extends global healthcare emergency over Covid-19 by three months

Beware the jellyfish this summer

Reports of a box jellyfish-related death in Australia spotlights a serious travel risk to international tourists as travel begins to relaunch in the region

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

Over one hundred economies receive Covid vaccine from Covax

More than one hundred economies have received life-saving Covid-19 vaccines from COVAX, the global mechanism for equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines

Could unvaccinated travellers face increased premiums?

There’s already some contention around the discriminatory nature of vaccines when it comes to international travel; might the cost of travel insurance also factor into that?

Nigeria: new bird flu outbreak increases health risk

An outbreak of avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 has been reported on 30 farms across seven states in Nigeria, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)