(CNN) — There’s one menacing world traveler at present racing by international locations sooner than Phileas Fogg and its title is the Delta variant.
So how are international locations responding? Listed below are 10 issues we realized in pandemic journey this week.
1. The US is preserving its journey restrictions…
The US just isn’t going to begin welcoming vacationers from EU member states, the UK, Eire, China, India, South Africa, Iran and Brazil anytime quickly.

Dona Ana seaside in Lagos, Portugal, may look tempting however the CDC recommendation to US residents is “Do Not Journey.”
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2. …However its masks steering has modified
CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta discusses the CDC’s up to date steering that recommends totally vaccinated folks put on masks indoors in areas with “substantial” and “excessive” transmission of Covid-19.
3. UK circumstances are plummeting and nobody is aware of why
It is likely to be as a result of the European soccer championships are over, it is likely to be as a result of individuals are spending extra time exterior as a result of heat climate, or it is likely to be as a result of individuals are reporting fewer constructive Covid outcomes as a result of they wish to keep away from self-isolation — no one actually is aware of why.
Coronavirus circumstances within the UK are dropping and whether or not it is as a result of vaccine rollout or one thing else, scientists are confused. CNN’s Phil Black stories.
4. Eire’s pubs reopen eventually
Indoor eating has reopened in Eire to totally vaccinated folks and those that have recovered from Covid-19 previously six months.
Indoor hospitality has been closed for seven months — powerful getting into a rustic recognized for its inclement climate — whereas some “moist pubs” (those who serve alcohol however not meals) have reopened for the primary time since March 2020.

Publican Joe Sheridan poses for {a photograph} in his closed pub, Walsh’s bar, within the Irish village of Dunmore in September 2020.
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5. Australia will implement lockdowns till 70% of adults are totally vaccinated
Australia’s largest metropolis, Sydney, has been locked down for 5 weeks thus far and Prime Minister Scott Morrison mentioned in a information convention Friday that the nation will proceed to make use of lockdowns to suppress Covid-19 outbreaks till 70% of adults are totally vaccinated.
“I imagine we will get there by the top of the 12 months,” he mentioned.
Worldwide borders will start to open after 80% of that inhabitants is totally vaccinated, with arrival caps on Australian residents dropped and extra “journey bubble” offers struck.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says anti-lockdown protesters are “egocentric” for breaking social distancing guidelines. Within the meantime, Hanoi, Vietnam, is beneath lockdown to attempt to comprise a spike in new circumstances there. And in Indonesia, restrictions have been prolonged by per week. CNN’s Michael Holmes stories.
6. All vacationers coming into Grenada should now be totally vaccinated
Grenadian residents and kids beneath 13 are exempt.
The island is made up of lush rainforests, spectacular waterfalls and paradise seashores — round 45 of them, in reality. Grand Anse, a three-kilometer stretch of white sand, is the preferred.

A sundown jog in Saint George’s, Grenada.
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7. Pakistan would require public employees, air crew and passengers to be totally vaccinated
The brand new rule additionally applies to air passengers and crew.
Asad Umar, head of the Nationwide Command and Operations Centre (NCOC), instructed Reuters that certificates will probably be required for air journey and college workers from August 1 and for workers of malls, eating places, public transport and public sector places of work from the top of August.

A vaccination middle in Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, in June 2021.
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8. Saudi Arabia may introduce powerful measures for journey law-breakers
It cited an unnamed inside ministry official who reportedly mentioned those that violate journey laws “will probably be topic to authorized accountability and heavy penalties upon their return, and will probably be banned from journey for 3 years.”
It is a hotter welcome for totally vaccinated worldwide vacationers, although, who can enter Saudi Arabia from August 1, with out the necessity to quarantine.

Muslim pilgrims collect to hope on Saudi Arabia’s Mountain of Mercy in July 2021.
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9. Kuwait bans unvaccinated residents from worldwide journey
It is getting chilly out right here for the unvaccinated.
Additionally on Tuesday, the nation’s aviation authority mentioned that each one arrivals in Kuwait will need to have a unfavorable Covid check earlier than they board their flights. They will additionally should home-quarantine for seven days till they take a Covid check inside Kuwait which comes out unfavorable.
10. We guess that is one option to isolate inside your bubble
Nonetheless, gear points along with his unconventional craft compelled him to desert the trouble after lower than a day and he got here ashore in Palm Coast, Florida, to the shock and alarm of beachgoers.
An incident report by the Flagler County Sheriff’s Workplace described his craft as a “metallic body with enclosed buoys, manually powered by working.”
CNN’s Phil Black, Forrest Brown, Kaitlan Collins, Jeremy Diamond, Maggie Fox, Tamara Hardingham-Gill, John Harwood, Madeline Holcombe, Niamh Kennedy, Kevin Liptak, Frank Pallotta, Rob Picheta, Kate Sullivan, Angus Watson and David Williams contributed to this story.
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