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Saudi Arabia will let up to 1 million people join the Hajj pilgrimage this year, greatly expanding the key event to participants from outside the kingdom after two years of tight COVID-19 restrictions, state media said on Saturday.

Traveling during the coronavirus pandemic wasn’t as pleasant as the feelings of traveling in the normal time. Social distancing, quarantine, numbers of tests to detect COVID-19 make the life of tourists very difficult.

Many countries across the world have announced the easing of travel restrictions as COVID-19 cases have continued to decline. Many of them even abolished the mandatory RT-PCR test for fully vaccinated travelers to make travel easier.

Nearly 30 million people were under lockdown across China on Tuesday, as surging virus cases returned mass tests and hazmat suited health officials to city streets on a scale not seen since the start of the pandemic.

Former US President Barack Obama said on Sunday he had tested positive for COVID-19 and was feeling fine other than a scratchy throat.

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Bangladesh reported 3 more deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 29,111.

After two years the COVID-19 pandemic is not yet over and could be prolonged further due to ‘scandalously unequal’ vaccine distribution, the UN secretary-general warned on Wednesday.

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With 7 fresh deaths reported across the country in the last 24 hours, the COVID-19 death toll in Bangladesh stands at 29,096.

Bangladesh reported 8 more deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 29,085.

Saudi Arabia said Saturday it was lifting most COVID-19 restrictions including social distancing in public spaces and quarantine for vaccinated arrivals.

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With 13 fresh deaths reported across the country in the last 24 hours, the COVID-19 death toll in Bangladesh stands at 29,077.

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Bangladesh reported 8 more deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 29,053.

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With 9 fresh deaths reported across the country in the last 24 hours, the COVID-19 death toll in Bangladesh stands at 29,033.

Bangladesh reported 16 more deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 28,990.

The ongoing restrictions across the country will be lifted after February 22, Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam said. 

Australia will welcome international tourists on Monday after nearly two years of sealing its borders, relying on high COVID-19 vaccination rates to live with the pandemic as infections decline.

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With 13 fresh deaths reported across the country in the last 24 hours, the COVID-19 death toll in Bangladesh stands at 28,944.

Bangladesh reported 20 more deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 28,907.

The National Technical Advisory Committee on COVID-19 has recommended reopening all secondary and university level educational institutions from February 22 as the infections rate has decreased.

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With 15 fresh deaths reported across the country in the last 24 hours, the COVID-19 death toll in Bangladesh stands at 28,887.