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VIDEO: What do expats do with their pets when they travel?

Moving to a new country where you don’t have a support network is challenging for any number of reasons.

Published: 14 December 2017 10:55 CET
Updated: 4 January 2018 10:55 CET
VIDEO: What do expats do with their pets when they travel?

Perhaps hardest of all is finding someone to look after your beloved pet when you go away.

And let’s face it, living abroad often means frequent travel — whether to exciting destinations nearby or back home to visit friends and family.

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In exchange, sitters get to stay somewhere new and interesting. It means pets stay happy at home and their owners can sleep more soundly knowing their furry friends are in safe hands.

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TRAVEL NEWS

US to end Covid testing requirement for travellers from Europe

Authorities in the USA have announced the end of the Covid-testing requirement for arrivals from Europe, meaning that fully vaccinated people will soon be able to travel between Europe and the US without needing pre-travel tests.

Published: 10 June 2022 16:42 CEST
US to end Covid testing requirement for travellers from Europe

Most of Europe had dropped the testing requirement for fully-vaccinated arrivals in the spring, but the US has maintained the requirement to show proof of a negative test for all arrivals.

However on Friday, the Biden administration announced that it would not renew the testing requirement.

The new rule is expected to come into effect at 12.01 Sunday EDT, until then passengers will still need to show a negative Covid test before they can board a plane to the US.

The US currently bars unvaccinated travellers from entry – although this does not apply to US citizens, US residents or those travelling for essential reasons – there was no announcement on lifting this restriction. 

The CDC said that testing requirements could be reinstated if new variants of Covid emerge, and added that it continues to recommend pre-travel testing. 

Covid travel rules vary between individual countries in Europe, but most countries now only require pre-departure tests for unvaccinated travellers. Check the rules of the country you are travelling to for full details. 

To be counted as ‘fully vaccinated’ travellers must have received both doses of an EMA-approved vaccine – Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca (or a single dose of Janssen).

If their vaccination was more than nine months ago, they need a booster shot in order to be considered fully vaccinated – people who have had a booster do not need a second, even if their booster shot was more than nine months ago.

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