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THE ASIAN AGE. | LEKHA SHANKAR An RT-PCR test needs to be taken 72 hours before departure, and this certificate needs to be produced on arrival at Bangkok Thailand has finally opened out to international tourists, and is the first country in the region to do so. India is one of…

The Ministry of Public Health has announced the presence of the Omicron coronavirus variant in Thailand, detected in an international visitor arriving from Spain. The announcement was made today by Supakit Sirilak, chief of the Department of Medical Sciences, during a press conference at 11 PM. The individual in question…

With Omicron deferring resumption of regular international flights, India is currently working on creating air bubbles with 10 more countries including Saudi Arabia and Switzerland. Since last summer, India has so far created bubbles with 31 countries. The government had earlier decided bubbles will lapse and scheduled international flights under…

Twitter has a new CEO: Parag Agrawal, who’ll be taking over for Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, the longest-serving chief executive in the company’s 15-plus-year history.

Starting from 1 December 2021 onwards, the entry of travelers from eight African countries into Thailand will be banned, as part of Thailand’s measures to prevent the spread of the new COVID-19 variant, known as Omicron. The eight countries include Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe….