The Russian government is relaxing its quarantine requirements to meet with President Vladimir Putin as presidential elections approach. Individuals who wish to meet with Putin in person are required to quarantine for a period of time before their interaction. The Kremlin announced
A Los Angeles County community has been placed under quarantine due to the detection of the Tau fruit fly in the unincorporated area of Stevenson Ranch. The California Department of Food and Agriculture said last week that more than 20 of the
Black bear spotted swimming in crowded Florida beach A black bear was spotted swimming next to people on a sunny day at a crowded beach in Destin, Florida, on June 11. Footage taken by Chris Barron shows the bear running out of
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin on Thursday ordered a strict quarantine for multiple districts in Russia’s capital due to an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza, known as the bird flu. According to a document published on the mayor’s website, the order enacted on
South Korea on Thursday lowered its crisis level for COVID-19 and will from June no longer require infected people to quarantine for seven days, dropping one of the country’s few remaining pandemic-related restrictions. Health authorities will still recommend five days of self-isolation
During the pandemic, some 25.9% of parents lied about their kids’ COVID test results to prevent their kids from having to miss school and other activities, a new study has found. The survey, titled “Parental Nonadherence to Health Policy Recommendations for Prevention
Hong Kong said it will no longer require people infected with COVID-19 to quarantine from Jan. 30, removing one of the last major coronavirus restrictions in place in the Asian financial hub. The scrapping of the isolation requirements is part of a
South Korean police caught up to a Chinese man who escaped the country’s mandatory quarantine upon testing positive for COVID-19 on arrival. The man, who was described by police as in his 40s, disappeared after testing positive for COVID-19 upon arrival at
China announced on Monday that it plans to drop a mandate requiring all inbound travelers from abroad to quarantine, beginning on Jan. 8, according to reports. The Associated Press reported that the announcement was made by the National Health Commission as the