BEIJING, Dec 27 — China will stop requiring inbound travellers to go into quarantine starting from January 8, the National Health Commission said on Monday in a major step towards easing curbs on its borders, which have been largely shut since 2020.

BANGKOK, June 1 — Thailand is softening major Covid-19 restrictions for all categories of travellers, lifting the post-arrival mandatory quarantine requirement, opening all land borders and allowing nightclubs and other entertainment venues in 31 of its 77 provinces to operate on the condition that alcoholic beverages not be sold past midnight, reported Sputnik.

BATU PAHAT, Feb 19 — Early in the second quarter of the year would be a more realistic target for the reopening of Malaysia’s borders, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 — The government will not reimpose the movement control order (MCO), but stricter control measures will be implemented at the country’s entry and exit points in a bid to curb Covid-19.

CANBERRA, Oct 1 — Australia’s international border will reopen in November after being closed for 18 months amid the coronavirus pandemic.