Russia could be set to introduce some of the toughest Covid restrictions in the world, including a sweeping QR-code mandate for adults, if a draft law is passed by the country’s parliament. The proposed law would require QR-code Covid passes to enter stores, cultural venues and cafes until June 1, 2022 – but would not come into effect until February. “Realizing that our citizens need to be given... 

Tanzania’s famous President John Magufuli who sent car oil, papaya, goat milk and other things to PCR test for COVID and all came back positive, was found dead earlier this week after complications arising from an alleged COVID-19 infection. Vice President Hassan reported that Magufuli died in a hospital in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday. “It is with deep regret that I inform you that today we lost... 

The entirety of France will be placed under a 6pm-6am curfew for at least 15 days from Saturday in a bid to ease the pressure of Covid-19 on the country’s health system, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on Thursday. The 12-hour curfews are currently already in place for 25 of mainland France’s 95 administrative areas – known as departements – but they will now be extended to the... 

It appears the EU has decided to abide by the WHO’s insistence that southern African countries shouldn’t be shunned via travel restrictions imposed by the West. But now, instead of singling out a handful of countries in southern Africa, the EU and its member states are preparing to revive their vaccine passport for intra-EU travel, while continuing to require outsiders (even the vaccinated... 

While the West gets ready for visits from Santa Claus, Russians will be queuing up to see ‘Ded Moroz’, or Father Frost. In one northern town, however, he’s making a list and will be checking Covid-19 vaccine passports twice. On Sunday, officials in Veliky Ustyug, the fabled hometown of the bearded bringer of joy, warned that adults who want to tell him their wishes for the festive season will... 

The German federal government has introduced a mandatory PCR test for all air travellers. But not for everyone, as various sources from the Federal Ministry of the Interior have confirmed. Illegal immigration to Germany, which has been going on for a long time via Greek airports, is not affected by this mandatory test. Germans face travel bans in their own country, with overnight stays, and even...