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U.S. considering mandating travelers from Britain prove negative COVID test

December 22, 2020 Voice of America

U.S. officials are considering a requirement for all travelers from Britain to offer proof they have tested negative for COVID-19.

Britain Imposes Tougher Coronavirus Lockdown Measures

December 19, 2020 Voice of America

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed new coronavirus lockdown measures in England Saturday, reversing initial plans to ease restrictions during the holiday season after a new strain of the coronavirus was detected in the country.

France starts COVID curfew as cases climb

October 17, 2020 Voice of America

Portions of France begin the implementation of new restrictions Saturday to try to curb the coronavirus. Paris and at least seven other cities will be under curfew from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. The curfew is scheduled to be in place for at least four weeks.

London on high alert for COVID-19

October 17, 2020 Voice of America

The British Health Ministry has declared London on COVID-19 High Alert, the second highest level on the government’s three-tiered alert scale, as coronavirus infections in the capital approach 100 per 100,000 people and have passed that mark in many districts.

New Zealand eases restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic

September 24, 2020 Voice of America

COVID-19 restrictions are being relaxed in New Zealand as infection rates fall. In a four-tiered alert system, all but the nation’s biggest city, Auckland, will move to the lowest disease-control level, alert level one on Tuesday. Auckland will move to alert level two on Wednesday.

COVID-19 cases continue to rise in New Zealand

August 13, 2020 Voice of America

Officials in New Zealand say they have now identified 13 new cases of COVID-19 in Auckland, the nation’s largest city, all directly related to the four cases from the same household reported Tuesday.

New Zealand goes back into lockdown following new COVID-19 cases

August 12, 2020 Voice of America

New Zealand is again under lockdown restrictions Wednesday after four COVID-19 infections were detected in Auckland, the South Pacific’s country’s biggest city. They are the first confirmed cases of community transmission of coronavirus in more than 100 days.

Search Underway off Indonesia Coast for Missing Passenger Jet

December 28, 2014 Voice of America

An aerial search is underway for a passenger jet of the subsidiary of a budget airline in Southeast Asia which has gone missing on a flight from Indonesia to Singapore. Indonesia AirAsia flight 8501 had departed Surabaya in Indonesia for Singapore’s Changi airport on what should have been a routine two hour and 15 minute flight over the Java Sea. The director general of aviation for Indonesia’s transportation ministry, Djoko Atmojio, told reporters that the

Malaysian PM Says Disappearance of Plane was ‘Deliberate Action’

March 15, 2014 Voice of America

Malaysian, American and other authorities investigating what happened to a missing jetliner en route to China one week ago are concluding that its disappearance was a deliberate action. Malaysia’s prime minister confirms that whatever took Flight 370 off course was not an accident.

Hunt for Missing Malaysian Plane Expands to Indian Ocean

March 14, 2014 Voice of America

The search for a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet, which vanished last Saturday, has expanded — with more seemingly conflicting information emerging about its last known position. Vessels from various coast guard agencies and navies, including the United States, are expanding the search across a vast swath of southern Asia for any trace of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.