India’s Hospals raises US$3.5 million for expansion
Cross border medical travel agency start-up Hospals is planning to use the funds raised for expanding geographically. Their target is to reach US$300 million...
Medical tourism and cervical cancer screening: new research
New Open Access research published last month in BMC Women's Health volume 21, Article number: 414 (2021) by Sou Hyun Jang, Hendrika Meischke and...
UAE: outbound non-vaccinated medical travel allowed
The United Arab Emirates will allow outbound travel for individuals medically exempted from taking the Covid-19 vaccine, humanitarian cases, and those travelling for medical...
Mexico scraps all border rules
Mexico, the world’s most popular medical travel destination throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, has now dropped all COVID-19 entry requirements, including health forms. But while it is...
Malaysia’s Johor state calls on private hospitals to do more
The Johor state government has said it remains committed to promoting its medical tourism sector, but stresses that local hospitals must improve their marketing.
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EU inbound travel: 3 countries banned again
Following a review under the recommendation on the gradual lifting of the temporary restrictions on non-essential travel into the EU, the European Council has...
Blow for Japanese medical travellers
Japan had plans to open the borders in early 2022 but the government has recently confirmed that inbound and outbound travel will remain static...
Israel opens to vaccinated medical travellers
Israel has now removed every country from its 'red' list, reopening the skies and allowing Israelis to travel anywhere in the world. Restrictions on...
Encouraging intra-EU travel
The European Commission has adopted rules relating to the EU Digital COVID Certificate, establishing a binding acceptance period of 9 months (270 days) of...
China: Mayo network expands
Xi'an International Medical Centre Hospital and Xi'an Gaoxin Hospital, in Shaanxi, China, are the newest members of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, a group...
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