On the account of rising COVID-19 cases, Sri Lanka's ongoing lockdown has been extended till September 21. The quarantine curfew will now be in force till 4 am on September 21. It has been imposed since August 20.

Sri Lanka extends COVID-19 lockdown till September 21

After the Copa America final on July 11, Brazil and Argentina met once again during the World Cup qualifier match on Sunday (September 5). However, the game ended with only five minutes of play being possible, as police and health officials stormed onto the field and called for the arrest of four Argentine players, who had travelled with the squad despite participation in the Premier League and broke the quarantine rules after entering Brazil.

Bizarre scenes! Brazil-Argentina match halted as police storm on field to arrest 4 Premier League players

A covid-positive man in New Zealand tried to flee the quarantine facility from Auckland at least three times before he was able to make a successful run, health officials reported.

New Zealand: Covid positive man flees quarantine facility after three unsuccessful attempts

On September 5, the Abu Dhabi government media office announced on Twitter that all vaccinated travellers travelling from overseas destinations will no longer be required to be quarantined.

Abu Dhabi lifts quarantine rules for fully vaccinated international passengers

Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yakoob's office said on Monday that he was under quarantine after a close contact with a Covid-19 patient. The office did not say whether he had been tested for coronavirus or how long he would be in quarantine.

Malaysia PM comes in contact with Covid patient, in quarantine now

As many as 10 England players could be forced to pull out of the Ashes tour of Australia if an agreement is not arrived at over travel and quarantine arrangements for their families.

10 England players could pull out of Ashes over strict quarantine rules in Australia

Japan has carried out a threat to publicly shame people not complying with coronavirus border control measures, releasing the names of three people who broke quarantine rules after returning from overseas.

Japan government starts to 'name and shame' quarantine rule-breakers

England will allow fully vaccinated visitors from the European Union and the United States to arrive without needing to quarantine from next week. Britain's travel industry has criticized the government for being too slow to open up, saying it has squandered its lead in the global vaccine rollout.

England to scrap quarantine rules for fully vaccinated visitors from EU, US

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and finance minister Rishi Sunak will both self-isolate in line with national guidance, abandoning heavily criticised plans to take part in a pilot scheme that would have allowed them to continue working.

UK PM Johnson reverses plan to skip quarantine after COVID-19 exposure

In a boost to the travel industry, Britain on Thursday scrapped quarantine policy for fully vaccinated citizens who arrive from "amber" list countries. Britain has reportedly fully vaccinated at least 65 per cent of the population with UK travellers no longer needed to self isolate at home after they return to England.

Johnson government lifts quarantine rule for vaccinated Britons arriving in England

Mitchell Starc is ready to allow himself the best opportunity of being prepared for Test cricket in the midst of a schedule crunch which is additionally convoluted by the quarantine necessities in Australia.

Cricket: Mitchell Starc unperturbed by quarantine hurdle amidst Australia’s tight scheduled

The Indian government has reportedly told the EU that it should either accept the two vaccines manufactured in India, Covaxin and Covishield, or face mandatory quarantine upon arrival in India.

India asks EU to accept Covaxin, Covishield or to face quarantine

Taiwan will quarantine all pilots for its largest carrier China Airlines Ltd for 14 days as it tries to stop an outbreak of COVID-19, the health minister said on Monday, impacting a lifeline for the island's trade-dependent economy.

Taiwan to quarantine pilots of its largest airline amid COVID-19 outbreak 

France will impose a mandatory 10-day quarantine restriction on travellers from Pakistan and six other countries in wake of rising COVID-19 infections, announced the country's Interior Ministry on Friday.

COVID-19: France to impose mandatory quarantine for arrivals from 7 countries

Team India will start arrangements for their long stay in England with an eight-day bio-bubble starting in India on May 25. The group will at that point isolate for a further ten days on appearance in the United Kingdom on June 2.

Team India to undergo two quarantines before World Test Championship

Vietnam has extended the quarantine period for anyone arriving in the country to three weeks, authorities said Wednesday, following a fresh community outbreak of the coronavirus.

Vietnam extends quarantine for arrivals after new virus outbreak

Daily lateral flow tests could be used as a way to prevent home-isolation in the UK for those who have been in contact with someone tested positive for coronavirus, British media reported.

UK mulls scrapping quarantine for Covid contacts

A flight from New Delhi arrived Wednesday evening in Rome carrying 210 passengers, who will be placed in mandatory quarantine. Officials said that a new ordinance signed earlier in the day by Health Minister Roberto Speranza requires that passengers arriving from India are quarantined for 10 days at a site indicated by Italian health officials, due to concerns about the deadly spike in that country.

Coronavirus: Italy to quarantine travellers from India

Delhi residents, who have visited the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar or are planning to do so, will have to undergo compulsory 14-day home quarantine on their return and upload their details on an official website, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority said in an order.

Mandatory 14-day quarantine for Delhi residents returning from Kumbh Mela 

France will impose a 10-day quarantine on arrivals from Argentina, Brazil, Chile and South Africa over concerns about variants of the coronavirus, the prime minister's office announced on Saturday.

France to impose quarantine on arrivals from four countries 

In a bid to help the government meet the costs of managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ), the New Zealand government has doubled the time the returning citizens are required to stay to avoid the massive quarantine fee.

Jacinda Ardern increases quarantine fee; New Zealand citizens question her empathy

Urging the Metropolitan Opera to compensate its artists “appropriately,” the company’s music director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, sent a letter to leaders at the Met on Thursday saying that the many months its orchestra and chorus had gone without pay during the pandemic had become “increasingly unacceptable.

Met Opera’s music director decries musicians’ unpaid furlough

One year ago, the grim news that Broadway was shutting down was sweeping through the theater district. Performers were packing up their things and heading home; theater staff members were stationed in lobbies to intercept ticket holders and explain to them that the show was canceled.

‘We’ll be back,’ broadway says, on shutdown anniversary

It was a February day so overcast that noon looked like dusk, and Frances McDormand felt a little rattled. She told me this as we ambled down the main street of the small coastal town where she lives, a modest, hidden place so far from Hollywood that studio searchlights would have a hard time finding it.

What Frances McDormand would (and wouldn’t) give to 'Nomadland'

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