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Exceptions to an air travel ban for unvaccinated foreign arrivals to the United States will be “very limited”, the country’s Consulate in Bermuda has warned. A spokeswoman for the US Consulate said that “all adult foreign nationals travelling to the ...

Vaccinated travellers flying to the UK from Bermuda will not have to undergo multiple Covid tests on arrival, from today. Arrivals from “low risk” countries – including Bermuda – will not have to take a pre-departure test as long as they have proof t...

Bermuda still has a reputation as a safe country despite a warning by US health authorities that Americans should steer clear of the island after a jump in coronavirus cases, the head of the Bermuda Tourism Authority said yesterday. Charles Jeffers I...

The US Centres for Disease Control yesterday warned travellers not to visit Bermuda after a massive rise in Covid-19 cases. The announcement came after the island was moved to Level 4 – “very high” risk – on the CDC’s travel advisory list. Stephen To...

About 20 years ago Maurice Foley visited Cape Town and fell in love. The people, the seemingly endless beauty, the culture – it all fascinated him so much he began making an annual pilgrimage to the South African city. Five years later, feeling guilt...

The surreal nature of international travel in the Covid era was beamed live around the world last weekend. In the opening minutes of a World Cup qualifier in São Paulo between Brazil and Argentina, play ground to a halt when public-health officials w...

Bermuda’s Covid-19 risk rating has been raised by the US Centres for Disease Control. The country was classed as “Level 3 – high”, up from “Level 2 – moderate” in a travel advisory on the organisation’s website. A travel advisory said that unvaccinat...

The number of flights to the island will decrease this month and some routes will stop as the summer season comes to a close. The September flight schedule, released by Skyport yesterday, showed several airlines reducing service to the island, includ...

More that 40 new coronavirus cases have been recorded in the space of four days, health officials announced last night. The 42 new cases brought the number of active coronavirus infections up to 141, with five people in hospital, up from one on Frida...

The US Government has lowered Bermuda’s Covid-19 status as efforts to control the virus continue. The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has shifted Bermuda’s Covid-19 status from Level 2 – moderate level of the virus – to Level 1 – low level...

George and Sandra Ogden were in Australia visiting family when Covid-19 was declared a pandemic last year. Because of the ensuing quarantine and travel restrictions, what was meant to be a six-month stay soon stretched to eighteen. “We were supposed...

Travellers recently returning to the island were mistakenly sent home to quarantine, the government has admitted. A Ministry of Health spokeswoman said last night the 17 travellers did not fall within categories exempted from mandatory hotel quaranti...