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The UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) has published updated information for British nationals and residents travelling to Romania; from 13 November, travellers arriving directly from the UK are no longer required to self-isolate on arrival.

The country’s government has added more regions to its COVID-19 high-risk ‘red zones’; from today, 15 November, the regions of Campania and Tuscany are now also subject to strict lockdown measures.

The government of Austria has announced that a second national COVID-19 lockdown will be in place for at least two and a half weeks. from 17 November. During this time, Austrian citizens and residents are urged not to meet anyone from outside their household; in addition, schools are to close and students will learn from home when the new measures come into force. The new lockdown measures, which will see all non-essential shops and services close, including hairdressers, will remain in place until 6 December. Amid rising numbers, Vienna had already imposed a partial lockdown, including a curfew from 20h00 to 06h00, at the start of November.

The UK government has added passengers from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to its list of countries exempt from a 14-day arrival quarantine requirement in place to stop the spread of COVID-19. It means that, from 04.00 (GMT) today, 14 November, arrivals from the UAE will no longer have to quarantine for two weeks on arrival in the UK. Alongside the UAE, the UK also added the quarantine exemption for those arriving from Iceland, Chile, Laos, Cambodia, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Bahrain and Qatar.

The UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) has published updated information for British nationals and residents travelling to Malta; those arriving from airports in Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Nottingham are now required to present evidence of a negative COVID-19 test on arrival.

The country's government has announced that from tomorrow, 9 November, all travellers entering Greece will be required to present a negative COVID-19 PCR test result, obtained a maximum of 48 hours before their entry to Greece by air, or 72 hours before their entry to Greece by land. Additionally, all travellers entering Greece by air must complete a 'Passenger Locator Form' (PLF) 48 hours prior to arrival.

The country's government has placed more than a quarter of a million of the population into a COVID-19 lockdown as of 6 November, in a northern region of the country where a mutated variation of COVID-19 has infected a farmed population of minks. In seven northern Denmark municipalities with some 280,000 residents, sport and cultural activities have been suspended, public transportation has been stopped and regional borders have been closed. Only people with so-called 'critical functions' such as police and health officials are being permitted to cross municipal boundaries.

The airline has announced the suspension of flights to a number of both long-haul and short-haul destinations in November and December 2020, as a result of new lockdown measures imposed across England. This includes the pausing of all flights from London Gatwick Airport until December.

The country’s government announced yesterday, 5 November, that it is cutting the number of trains running to neighbouring Italy, Germany and France amid partial COVID-19 lockdowns in each of those destinations. Five Swiss train connections daily to Italy will be suspended from 9 November until at least 12 December, while long-distance routes to France will be reduced to two connections daily between Geneva and Paris, and one connection daily between Zurich to Paris via Basel until at least 1 December.

The airline are due to start trial runs of rapid COVID-19 testing on flights between the German cities of Munich and Hamburg from 12 November. The tests will be free of charge and access to the boarding gate will be granted electronically within 30-60 minutes once a negative test is returned; if passengers do not wish to be tested, they may be transferred to separate flights that are not confirmed as 100% COVID-free.

The government of Ireland has announced that it will start implementing the European Union’s ‘traffic light’ system for non-essential EU travellers such as tourists from 8 November, easing current restrictions which represent some of the bloc’s tightest. In line with EU guidance, the so-called ‘green' list will remain, but those arriving from regions designated 'orange' will not need to restrict their movements if they produce a negative COVID-19 PCR test result from a test taken up to three days before arrival. The requirement for ‘red’ country arrivals to quarantine for 14 days remains, but the government plans that within a short number of weeks this too can be waived following a negative test result taken five days after arrival. Children under six will be exempt and arrivals will have to pay for their own test.

The government of Greece has ordered a second nationwide COVID-19 lockdown for three weeks from 7 November to help contain a resurgence of COVID-19 cases. Under the new restrictions, retail businesses will be closed with the exception of supermarkets and pharmacies; Greek citizens will need a permit to venture outdoors at allocated times.

The country’s government has announced that from today, 5 November, a movement curfew from 23.00 to 05.00 (local time) will begin and remain in force until 30 November; the new restriction will be introduced to fight a resurgence of COVID-19 after a rise in cases in recent weeks.

The UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) has reported that from 14 November until further notice, UK passengers staying within regulated tourist accommodation in the Canary Islands are subject to increased entry requirements; they must produce a negative COVID-19 test result when checking-in to accommodation, obtained a maximum of 72 hours earlier, and must also use an official COVID notification app.

The country’s government has temporarily suspended entry to non-Chinese arrivals from the UK, Belgium and the Philippines. In addition, from 6 November passengers from France, Germany, Thailand and the U.S. must present results of additional health tests obtained a maximum of 48 hours prior to boarding.

The country's government has announced that from 5 November to 3 December, Italy will be divided into three tiers based on a COVID-19 alert level; 'red' (high risk), 'orange' (intermediate), and 'yellow' (safer) zones, each with different restrictions. The 'red' zone includes Lombardy, Piedmont, Calabria, South Tyrol, and Valle d’Aosta. The inclusion of Campania is uncertain. The 'orange' zone includes: Puglia, Sicily, Liguria, and Veneto. All other areas are in the 'yellow' zone.

The country’s government yesterday, 3 November, ordered extra COVID-19 lockdown measures to be imposed in order to curb a rise in cases of the virus within the Netherlands; it also said that curfews and school closures are being considered. The new measures will go into effect from 4 November and last for at least two weeks, including a ban on public meetings of more than two people from different families.

The country’s government has announced that it will re-impose an evening curfew in Paris, and possibly the wider Ile-de-France region, in addition to the new national lockdown imposed last week; the curfew will start at 21.00 (local time) each evening. France is experiencing a huge surge in COVID-19 infections, with an estimate that a Parisian is being admitted to hospital every 15 minutes.

The country’s president announced yesterday, 2 November, that a state of emergency may be pending as a preventative measure to curb COVID-19 infections; a previous state of emergency was declared in the country in March and lead to the introduction of increased restrictions for around six weeks.

The government of the devolved UK nation of Scotland imposed a new series of COVID-19 restrictions Scotland today, 2 November, ahead of England’s impending national lockdown later in the week. Scotland’s regional system has five levels but each of the country's 32 local authorities has initially been graded between levels ‘1’ and ‘3’; residents under level '3' restrictions have been told to make only essential journeys outside of their local area.