Health + Spa

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, eco-tourism and activities in nature that encourage social distancing have become more popular as travelers and local explorers seek to disconnect from every-day stress and get lost in nature.

Germany has unveiled “smart pants” that track, monitor and evaluate the movement of muscles, opening up a new way of treating knee, thigh and other joint issues in the future.

Crowne Plaza HY36 Midtown Manhattan expands its guest offerings to include on-site a la carte beauty and health services through a strategic partnership with New York City concierge cosmetics startup Velour Medical.

Israel updated its coronavirus rules on Sunday. To be considered fully vaccinated in Israel, people must have received a booster shot.

Medical tourism is a new and increasingly popular travel destination as people go on holiday and vacation outside their region or country to focus on medical services and receive treatment.

Researchers from the University of Birmingham, U.K., have confirmed the speed, accuracy and simplicity of a novel, highly sensitive testing method for COVID-19 that can be deployed at entertainment venues, airport arrival terminals, and in remote settings where clinical testing laboratories are not available.

As part of the European Union's efforts to support vaccination in partner countries, the European Commission increased from €40 million to €75 million its assistance package to deploy safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines and speed up the vaccination campaigns in the six Eastern Partnership countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine.

Malaysia’s premier purpose-built venue, the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (the Centre) is in full support mode as the government expedites the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) to achieve the targeted threshold of vaccinating 80% of the country’s population by October.

According to a CDC study of COVID-19 infections in Kentucky among people who were previously infected with SAR-CoV-2 shows that unvaccinated individuals are more than twice as likely to be reinfected with COVID-19 than those who were fully vaccinated after initially contracting the virus. 

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on governments to take action to address the high cost of COVID-19 tests in many jurisdictions and urged flexibility in permitting the use of cost-effective antigen tests as an alternative to more expensive PCR tests.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has authorized a Covid-19 vaccine made by Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac for emergency use.

Malta, an archipelago in the Mediterranean, was the first country in the European Union to start vaccinating people over 16 years of age.

One of the most waited announcements came from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CDC recently announced that fully vaccinated people, including adolescents, no longer need to wear masks in most situations.

Thailand’s leading hospitality company Dusit International has responded to the increasingly health-conscious aspirations of global travellers by introducing its new group-wide wellness concept – ‘Devarana Wellness’.