Canada’s tough new restrictions on travel
Canada’s border will continue to be closed to foreign nationals who are coming for a non-optional, non-discretionary reason, and border officials will turn away...
Cayman Islands: HCCI clinic opens
Health City Cayman Islands (HCCI) reports that their Cayman Brac clinic has opened. The new clinic provides specialised and tertiary type hospital services for...
Malaysia: vaccine passport will boost medical tourism
The Association of Private Hospitals of Malaysia (APHM) is urging the government to establish an internationally recognised vaccine passport, linking vaccination certificates and COVID-19 test...
European Parliament agrees EU Digital COVID Certificate
All EU member states will accept the digital certificates proving vaccination, negative test result or recovery from a COVID infection.
The European Parliament has given...
Slow progress on medical travel to Malta
Malta has tried to be a medical tourism destination, and small numbers have come from France, Italy and the UK. But a ban on...
Ghana medical tourism ambitions
Ghana’s leading healthcare institution, the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, which is also the third biggest referral centre in Africa, has ambitions to become a key medical...
Dubai’s plan for medical travellers aged 65 plus
Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC), Dubai’s dedicated healthcare free zone, and VITA, a UAE-based healthcare investment company, have plans for an integrated elderly-care complex for...
Australia: outbound medical travel first
Australia plans to open its borders for its own vaccinated citizens to travel in November. Outbound tourism and medical tourism will resume before inbound...
Romania transfers patients abroad
Romania is transferring patients with severe forms of Covid-19 to Germany at state expense, according to a decision of the Committee for Emergency Situations...
Malaysia: regional treatment hub for Hepatitis C
Malaysia has said it is ready to become a regional hub for Hepatitis C treatment, by offering a combination treatment of ravidasvir and sofosbuvir...