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The United Kingdom's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has reported that some airlines may now be requiring passengers departing from airports in Bangladesh to present negative COVID-19 test certificates prior to boarding. Passengers due to fly on departing services should confirm any such requirement in advance with their airline.

The UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has today, 9 July, advised British citizens against all cruise ship travel. The decision is cited as being due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and is based on medical advice from Public Health England, the country's health authority.

The Spanish region of Catalonia, which includes the city of Barcelona, has ordered that from 9 July all residents and visitors must wear face masks in public at all times; this makes them the first Spanish region to toughen an existing national directive mandating their use when in close proximity to others.

Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has warned its citizens against travel to Hong Kong. This follows the Australian prime minister's announcement that an extradition treaty with the Hong Kong is to be cancelled; this is due to Australia citing China’s national security law as ‘a fundamental change of circumstances’. Smartraveller warns that the new legislation for Hong Kong could be interpreted broadly, and travellers could be deported to mainland China for prosecution under mainland law for breaking a law in Hong Kong that they were not aware of, and without intention.

The country's government has announced that on 13 July it will lift all travel restrictions for 17 European countries; also allowed will be both work-related travel and other essential trips to several countries on other continents. However, restrictions including a recommended 14-day quarantine upon arrival will be retained for travellers from 12 European countries - this includes Spain, Britain and France, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Romania, Monaco, Portugal, Poland and Sweden.

The country's government has announced that it will extend the suspension of all scheduled domestic and international commercial flights until at least 22 July. This also includes the denial of entry to Nepal to certain foreign nationals, as well as the closure of land-based entry crossings into the country for foreigners from third countries.

American Cruise Lines announced on 8 July that it has cancelled plans to resume sailing in Alaska this summer, due to concerns in the spike in COVID-19 cases within the U.S. The Connecticut-based line operates twelve small cruise ships along the Eastern and Western Seaboards, as well as the Mississippi-Ohio and Columbia-Snake river systems of the United States

Nigeria began to resume domestic flights on 8 July following a suspension of around three months. The airports for the capital, Abuja, and commercial hub Lagos have now re-opened for flights; a handful of other airports will open on 11 July, and the remainder of airports will resume flights on 15 July.

The airline have announced that, in line with Finland opening its borders to a number of countries from 13 July, they will increase their flight schedule for the remainder of July with services to over 30 domestic, European and Asian destinations.

The airline has published their summer flight schedule for this year through to the end of October, when their capacity will double from 20% to around 40% of normal levels, with flights to over 60 destinations. They are also set to increase capacity on most routes from September.

The Netherlands closed its borders to arrivals from Serbia and Montenegro on 8 July just a week after opening them, citing a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases in both countries. Travellers from Serbia and Montenegro had regained access on 1 July when the Netherlands, following European Union guidelines, re-opened their borders to a list of 14 countries outside of the European bloc.

New York’s governor has added three states to the list of those from which visitors are required to undergo 14 days of self-quarantine on arrival; they are Delaware, Kansas and Oklahoma. Travellers arriving in New York from a total of 19 U.S. states are now required to do so.

Norway-based cruise line Hurtigruten have announced plans to ramp up operations by putting 14 of its 16 ships back into service by the end of September; last month, they were already have said to put the first ocean cruise ship in the world back into action, when the Finnmarken departed on 16 June. Sailings resuming in September will include short-break expeditions around the British Isles.

The country's government have reportedly today, 8 July, said that plans to introduce travel bubbles in September are likely to be delayed following a spike in COVID-19 cases. Countries including Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong were set to be included. The country has thus far partially lifted a three-month ban on foreign visitors this month, allowing business travellers and tourists seeking medical treatment to enter.

The state of Western Australia (WA) has capped the number of international arrivals to 525 per week, effective immediately, in order to ease pressure on government-provided quarantine. The state's government is also drafting urgent legislation which, if passed, would add it to the growing list of Australian states requiring arrivals to cover the cost of their mandatory 14-day stays. International passengers due to arrive in Perth, or transit the city's international airport as a first port of call en-route to other Australian destinations, should monitor their flight status closely.

As of 6 July, Estonia will now permit entry to travellers from 14 countries outside of the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA), based on their low COVID-19 infection rates. Travellers without symptoms arriving from an EU Member State, Schengen Convention state or from the UK are allowed also permitted to enter the country. A requirement for self-isolation is dependent on the number of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the passengers' country of departure.

The country's government has announced that they are making immediate short-term changes to visa settings to support temporary migrants already onshore in New Zealand and their employers. All existing temporary work visas due to expire by the end of 2020 will now be extended by six months.

The Scottish government has released a list of 57 countries (plus 14 UK overseas territories) from which arrivals will not need to self-quarantine from 10 July. Although a constituent country of the UK, as a devolved administration Scotland has chosen to issue its own entry requirements. It's list is, though, identical to England's with the exception that Scotland has chosen to omit visitors from Spain and Serbia as being exempt from quarantine.

The country's prime minister said today, 8 July, that the government could restrict the number of people returning to the country, following the news of strict lockdown measures being re-imposed in the state of Victoria. The prime minister said he wants to reduce the number of Australian citizens, permanent residents, and foreigners exempt from Australia’s travel ban that are landing at Australian airports, in order to ease the strain on hotel quarantine.

The Caribbean country is aiming for a tentative planned resumption date of 1 September for international flights. In the meantime, British Airways have accordingly cancelled all flights between Trinidad and Tobago and the UK until 31 August; Virgin Atlantic have said that they plan to re-start flights to the country from October.