Australia is among many nations in the Asian-Pacific considering putting away their welcome mats to tourists and regional meetings put on hold as the pandemic strengthens its grip in many of the worst-affected countries.
A woman wearing a face mask stands on a beach in Vung Tau city, Vietnam, Sunday, July 26, 2020. Vietnam on Sunday reimposed restrictions in one of its most popular beach destinations after a second person tested positive for the virus, the first locally transmitted cases in the country in over three months.
“This is what is driving these numbers up, and the lockdown will not end until people stop going to work with symptoms and instead go and get tested,” Andrews said.Australia is among many nations in the Asian-Pacific where foreign travelers are essentially banned or, when allowed to enter, required to submit to tests and strict quarantines.
Some European nations were warning citizens not to visit Spain after some of its most beloved summer venues turned into coronavirus hot spots facing renewed pandemic lockdowns. Two Southeast Asian diplomats said Vietnam, which leads the Association of Southeast Asian Nations this year and appears to have controlled virus outbreaks within its borders, hopes to hold face-to-face meetings in mid-September.South Korea said 16 of the 25 new cases it confirmed Monday were tied to people arriving from abroad.
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